Varanasi panchang, 24 November 2027
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 02:25 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:04
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:06 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:29 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 11:40
- Karana Balava until 12:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 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. 04:36 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 18:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:11 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:51 Libra
- 05:51 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 11:58 Capricorn
- 11:58 – 13:28 Aquarius
- 13:28 – 14:57 Pisces
- 14:57 – 16:35 Aries
- 16:35 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:46 Gemini
- 20:46 – 23:04 Cancer
- 23:04 – 01:18 next day Leo
- 01:18 – 03:31 next day Virgo
- 03:31 – 05:47 next day Libra
- 05:47 – 06:22 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