Varanasi panchang, 18 November 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 21:13 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 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:07 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:57 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:27
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:52 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:31, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:57 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 01:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 01:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 23:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:52 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:52 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:52 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:15 Libra
- 06:15 – 08:32 Scorpio
- 08:32 – 10:36 Sagittarius
- 10:36 – 12:21 Capricorn
- 12:21 – 13:52 Aquarius
- 13:52 – 15:20 Pisces
- 15:20 – 16:59 Aries
- 16:59 – 18:56 Taurus
- 18:56 – 21:10 Gemini
- 21:10 – 23:28 Cancer
- 23:28 – 01:41 next day Leo
- 01:41 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 06:11 next day Libra
- 06:11 – 06:18 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