Varanasi panchang, 20 November 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 23:23 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:25
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:07 Moon enters Leo
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:17
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 23:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:07 Moon enters Leo
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:20 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- 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 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:19 – 23:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:07 Libra
- 06:07 – 08:24 Scorpio
- 08:24 – 10:29 Sagittarius
- 10:29 – 12:13 Capricorn
- 12:13 – 13:44 Aquarius
- 13:44 – 15:13 Pisces
- 15:13 – 16:51 Aries
- 16:51 – 18:48 Taurus
- 18:48 – 21:02 Gemini
- 21:02 – 23:20 Cancer
- 23:20 – 01:34 next day Leo
- 01:34 – 03:46 next day Virgo
- 03:46 – 06:03 next day Libra
- 06:03 – 06:19 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