Varanasi panchang, 15 October 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 17:09 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:03
- 07:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:30 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:29 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:17
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:35
- Karana Vishti until 07:07, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:29 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:49 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:03
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 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 19:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 23:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 23:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:17 – 05:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:29 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:12 Virgo
- 06:12 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 19:12 Aries
- 19:12 – 21:10 Taurus
- 21:10 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:57 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