Varanasi panchang, 17 October 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 18:27 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:28
- 07:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:43
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 13:03
- Karana Taitila until 07:01, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:03 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 00:04 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:08
- 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 17:28 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:04 Virgo
- 06:04 – 08:21 Libra
- 08:21 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:42 Sagittarius
- 12:42 – 14:27 Capricorn
- 14:27 – 15:58 Aquarius
- 15:58 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 03:47 next day Leo
- 03:47 – 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