Varanasi panchang, 1 September 2027
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:02 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:32
- 09:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:16 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:13 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:50
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 17:45
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:29, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:13 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:32
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:50 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:38 Cancer
- 04:38 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 09:05 Virgo
- 09:05 – 11:21 Libra
- 11:21 – 13:38 Scorpio
- 13:38 – 15:43 Sagittarius
- 15:43 – 17:28 Capricorn
- 17:28 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:05 Aries
- 22:05 – 00:03 next day Taurus
- 00:03 – 02:16 next day Gemini
- 02:16 – 04:34 next day Cancer
- 04:34 – 05:39 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