Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 17:46 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 17:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:36
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:29 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 19:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:29
- Karana Balava until 07:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:29 – 15:41
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 17:29 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:58 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:08 Virgo
- 06:08 – 08:24 Libra
- 08:24 – 10:41 Scorpio
- 10:41 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:08 Aries
- 19:08 – 21:06 Taurus
- 21:06 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:37 next day Cancer
- 01:37 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:58 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