Varanasi panchang, 18 October 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 19:15 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 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:09
- 06:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 06:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:27 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:52
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:18
- Karana Vanija until 06:20, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 06:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:18 – 09:17 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:09
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. 04:18 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:48 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:35 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 08:17 Libra
- 08:17 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:38 Sagittarius
- 12:38 – 14:23 Capricorn
- 14:23 – 15:54 Aquarius
- 15:54 – 17:22 Pisces
- 17:22 – 19:01 Aries
- 19:01 – 20:58 Taurus
- 20:58 – 23:12 Gemini
- 23:12 – 01:29 next day Cancer
- 01:29 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:56 next day Virgo
- 05:56 – 05:59 next day Libra
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