Varanasi panchang, 27 October 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 03:33 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:19 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:01 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 08:42
- Karana Gara until 11:56, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:42 – 05:46 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:46 – 06:58 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. 04:21 – 05:12
- 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 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:01 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:25 Virgo
- 05:25 – 07:41 Libra
- 07:41 – 09:58 Scorpio
- 09:58 – 12:03 Sagittarius
- 12:03 – 13:48 Capricorn
- 13:48 – 15:19 Aquarius
- 15:19 – 16:47 Pisces
- 16:47 – 18:25 Aries
- 18:25 – 20:22 Taurus
- 20:22 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:54 next day Cancer
- 00:54 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 05:21 next day Virgo
- 05:21 – 06:04 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