Varanasi panchang, 3 October 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 08:59 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:42
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:42 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:45
- Karana Vanija until 13:43, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 00:00 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:00 – 05:52 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 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 00:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:42 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:46 Leo
- 04:46 – 06:59 Virgo
- 06:59 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:37 Sagittarius
- 13:37 – 15:22 Capricorn
- 15:22 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 18:21 Pisces
- 18:21 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:11 next day Gemini
- 00:11 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 04:42 next day Leo
- 04:42 – 05:52 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