Varanasi panchang, 22 September 2027
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 22:14 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:21
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:53 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:52
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:00 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:52, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:00 – 23:35 next day
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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:47 – 17:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 17:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 04:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:52 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:29 Leo
- 05:29 – 07:42 Virgo
- 07:42 – 09:59 Libra
- 09:59 – 12:16 Scorpio
- 12:16 – 14:20 Sagittarius
- 14:20 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 17:36 Aquarius
- 17:36 – 19:05 Pisces
- 19:05 – 20:43 Aries
- 20:43 – 22:40 Taurus
- 22:40 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 05:26 next day Leo
- 05:26 – 05:47 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