Varanasi panchang, 17 September 2027
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 18:35 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:27
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:59 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:29 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 09:27
- Karana Kaulava until 05:52, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:21 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:27
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) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 05:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:29 – 05:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:29 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:49 Leo
- 05:49 – 08:02 Virgo
- 08:02 – 10:18 Libra
- 10:18 – 12:35 Scorpio
- 12:35 – 14:40 Sagittarius
- 14:40 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 19:24 Pisces
- 19:24 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:31 next day Cancer
- 03:31 – 05:45 next day Leo
- 05:45 – 05:45 next day Virgo
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