Varanasi panchang, 4 October 2027
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 10:00 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:36 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 12:25
- Karana Bava until 13:26, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
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 17:41 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 00:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:44 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:42 Leo
- 04:42 – 06:55 Virgo
- 06:55 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:29 Scorpio
- 11:29 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 19:56 Aries
- 19:56 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:07 next day Gemini
- 00:07 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 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