Varanasi panchang, 29 October 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 05:38 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:54
- 07:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:18 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 19:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 00:34 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:54, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:54
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. 04:22 – 05:13
- 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 17:18 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:06 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:06 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:17 Virgo
- 05:17 – 07:33 Libra
- 07:33 – 09:50 Scorpio
- 09:50 – 11:55 Sagittarius
- 11:55 – 13:40 Capricorn
- 13:40 – 15:11 Aquarius
- 15:11 – 16:39 Pisces
- 16:39 – 18:17 Aries
- 18:17 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:28 Gemini
- 22:28 – 00:46 next day Cancer
- 00:46 – 03:00 next day Leo
- 03:00 – 05:13 next day Virgo
- 05:13 – 06:05 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