Varanasi panchang, 17 November 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 20:06 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:04
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:08 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 09:48
- Karana Bava until 14:39, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:19 Libra
- 06:19 – 08:36 Scorpio
- 08:36 – 10:40 Sagittarius
- 10:40 – 12:25 Capricorn
- 12:25 – 13:56 Aquarius
- 13:56 – 15:24 Pisces
- 15:24 – 17:03 Aries
- 17:03 – 19:00 Taurus
- 19:00 – 21:14 Gemini
- 21:14 – 23:31 Cancer
- 23:31 – 01:45 next day Leo
- 01:45 – 03:58 next day Virgo
- 03:58 – 06:15 next day Libra
- 06:15 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
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