Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2027
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 18:04 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:45 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:33
- 07:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 05:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 09:30
- Karana Balava until 17:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:25 – 15:36
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 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:00 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:53 Leo
- 05:53 – 08:06 Virgo
- 08:06 – 10:22 Libra
- 10:22 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 19:28 Pisces
- 19:28 – 21:06 Aries
- 21:06 – 23:04 Taurus
- 23:04 – 01:17 next day Gemini
- 01:17 – 03:35 next day Cancer
- 03:35 – 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