Varanasi panchang, 4 September 2027
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 09:12 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 15:05
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 14:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 08:14
- Karana Vishti until 12:26, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:40 – 14:49
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 14:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 12:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:49 – 05:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:49 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:26 Cancer
- 04:26 – 06:40 Leo
- 06:40 – 08:53 Virgo
- 08:53 – 11:10 Libra
- 11:10 – 13:27 Scorpio
- 13:27 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 18:47 Aquarius
- 18:47 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 21:54 Aries
- 21:54 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 04:22 next day Cancer
- 04:22 – 05:40 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