Varanasi panchang, 3 November 2027
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 10:31 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- 06:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:15 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:30
- Karana Bava until 06:42, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
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. 04:24 – 05:16
- 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 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:57 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:57 Virgo
- 04:57 – 07:14 Libra
- 07:14 – 09:31 Scorpio
- 09:31 – 11:35 Sagittarius
- 11:35 – 13:20 Capricorn
- 13:20 – 14:51 Aquarius
- 14:51 – 16:19 Pisces
- 16:19 – 17:58 Aries
- 17:58 – 19:55 Taurus
- 19:55 – 22:09 Gemini
- 22:09 – 00:26 next day Cancer
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Leo
- 02:40 – 04:53 next day Virgo
- 04:53 – 06:08 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