Varanasi panchang, 1 December 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 09:09 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:06
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:39
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 02:41 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:39, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:22 – 04:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:06
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. 04:40 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:24 Libra
- 05:24 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:45 Sagittarius
- 09:45 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 13:01 Aquarius
- 13:01 – 14:29 Pisces
- 14:29 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 00:50 next day Leo
- 00:50 – 03:03 next day Virgo
- 03:03 – 05:20 next day Libra
- 05:20 – 06:27 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