Varanasi panchang, 26 August 2027
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:22 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:36 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:49
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:22 to 05:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 19:21
- Karana Taitila until 06:34, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:21 – 20:33
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 11:42
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:42 – 05:37 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:39 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:37 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 07:16 Leo
- 07:16 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:45 Libra
- 11:45 – 14:02 Scorpio
- 14:02 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 17:52 Capricorn
- 17:52 – 19:22 Aquarius
- 19:22 – 20:51 Pisces
- 20:51 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 05:37 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method