Varanasi panchang, 1 October 2027
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:53 Ashwin 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 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:15
- 13:26 Moon enters Libra
- 16:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:44 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 18:11
- Karana Balava until 16:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:26 Moon enters Libra
- 16:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:11 – 15:41 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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:51 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 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:54 Leo
- 04:54 – 07:07 Virgo
- 07:07 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:40 Scorpio
- 11:40 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 15:30 Capricorn
- 15:30 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:07 Aries
- 20:07 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:19 next day Gemini
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Cancer
- 02:36 – 04:50 next day Leo
- 04:50 – 05:51 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