Varanasi panchang, 29 September 2027
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 04:46 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:17
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:34 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:46 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:26 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 10:55, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:17
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:00 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 07:15 Virgo
- 07:15 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:48 Scorpio
- 11:48 – 13:53 Sagittarius
- 13:53 – 15:38 Capricorn
- 15:38 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:26 next day Gemini
- 00:26 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 05:50 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