Varanasi panchang, 29 August 2027
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 02:37 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:19
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 05:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 09:28
- Karana Taitila until 09:36, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:07 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:35 – 15:36 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 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 03:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:13 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:50 Cancer
- 04:50 – 07:04 Leo
- 07:04 – 09:17 Virgo
- 09:17 – 11:33 Libra
- 11:33 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 15:55 Sagittarius
- 15:55 – 17:40 Capricorn
- 17:40 – 19:10 Aquarius
- 19:10 – 20:39 Pisces
- 20:39 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:14 next day Taurus
- 00:14 – 02:28 next day Gemini
- 02:28 – 04:46 next day Cancer
- 04:46 – 05:38 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