Varanasi panchang, 15 September 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 17:35 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:25
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 15:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:48 – 15:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:25
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 11:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 08:10 Virgo
- 08:10 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:33 Capricorn
- 16:33 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 23:08 Taurus
- 23:08 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:39 next day Cancer
- 03:39 – 05:45 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