Varanasi panchang, 21 October 2027
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 22:14 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:07
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:43
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:10 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:43, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 21:32
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 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 17:24 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 21:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:32 – 06:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:32 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:08 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 08:05 Libra
- 08:05 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 15:42 Aquarius
- 15:42 – 17:11 Pisces
- 17:11 – 18:49 Aries
- 18:49 – 20:46 Taurus
- 20:46 – 23:00 Gemini
- 23:00 – 01:18 next day Cancer
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Leo
- 03:32 – 05:44 next day Virgo
- 05:44 – 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