Varanasi panchang, 13 October 2027
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 16:05 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:11
- 14:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:32 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:48
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:59 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:31
- Karana Taitila until 17:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:11
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:59 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:20 Virgo
- 06:20 – 08:36 Libra
- 08:36 – 10:53 Scorpio
- 10:53 – 12:58 Sagittarius
- 12:58 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 19:20 Aries
- 19:20 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 01:49 next day Cancer
- 01:49 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 05:56 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