Varanasi panchang, 6 October 2027
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 11:52 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 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:14
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:39 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:28 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:38
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:14
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. 04:15 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 04:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:34 Leo
- 04:34 – 06:47 Virgo
- 06:47 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 11:21 Scorpio
- 11:21 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 16:41 Aquarius
- 16:41 – 18:09 Pisces
- 18:09 – 19:48 Aries
- 19:48 – 21:45 Taurus
- 21:45 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 04:30 next day Leo
- 04:30 – 05:53 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