Varanasi panchang, 22 October 2027
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 23:20 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 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:58
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:43 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:23 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 11:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 23:30
- Karana Bava until 11:56, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:58
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:25 – 06:01 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. 04:19 – 05:10
- 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 17:23 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:44 Virgo
- 05:44 – 08:01 Libra
- 08:01 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:23 Sagittarius
- 12:23 – 14:07 Capricorn
- 14:07 – 15:38 Aquarius
- 15:38 – 17:07 Pisces
- 17:07 – 18:45 Aries
- 18:45 – 20:42 Taurus
- 20:42 – 22:56 Gemini
- 22:56 – 01:14 next day Cancer
- 01:14 – 03:28 next day Leo
- 03:28 – 05:40 next day Virgo
- 05:40 – 06:01 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