Varanasi panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 21:10 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:08
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:25 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:18
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:30 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 07:05
- Karana Taitila until 15:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:05 – 17:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:08
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. 04:19 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 22:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:30 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 08:09 Libra
- 08:09 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 15:46 Aquarius
- 15:46 – 17:14 Pisces
- 17:14 – 18:53 Aries
- 18:53 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 23:04 Gemini
- 23:04 – 01:22 next day Cancer
- 01:22 – 03:35 next day Leo
- 03:35 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 06:00 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