Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2027
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 13:22 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:09
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:59 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:37 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:52
- Karana Bava until 06:28, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:59 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:09
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:53 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:27 Leo
- 04:27 – 06:39 Virgo
- 06:39 – 08:56 Libra
- 08:56 – 11:13 Scorpio
- 11:13 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:02 Capricorn
- 15:02 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 18:02 Pisces
- 18:02 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 04:23 next day Leo
- 04:23 – 05:54 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