Varanasi panchang, 31 October 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 07:43 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:17
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:17 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:13
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:31 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:55
- Karana Kaulava until 17:13, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:17
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 09:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:31 – 06:06 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. 04:23 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:09 Virgo
- 05:09 – 07:26 Libra
- 07:26 – 09:42 Scorpio
- 09:42 – 11:47 Sagittarius
- 11:47 – 13:32 Capricorn
- 13:32 – 15:03 Aquarius
- 15:03 – 16:31 Pisces
- 16:31 – 18:09 Aries
- 18:09 – 20:07 Taurus
- 20:07 – 22:21 Gemini
- 22:21 – 00:38 next day Cancer
- 00:38 – 02:52 next day Leo
- 02:52 – 05:05 next day Virgo
- 05:05 – 06:06 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