Varanasi panchang, 24 October 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 00:25 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:57 – 17:22
- 07:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:22 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:41 Moon enters Leo
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 17:47
- Karana Gara until 07:53, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:41 Moon enters Leo
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:57 – 17:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:48 – 05:40 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:55 – 19:52
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. 04:20 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:57 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:53 Libra
- 07:53 – 10:10 Scorpio
- 10:10 – 12:15 Sagittarius
- 12:15 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 15:30 Aquarius
- 15:30 – 16:59 Pisces
- 16:59 – 18:37 Aries
- 18:37 – 20:34 Taurus
- 20:34 – 22:48 Gemini
- 22:48 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 03:20 next day Leo
- 03:20 – 05:33 next day Virgo
- 05:33 – 06:02 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