Varanasi panchang, 3 December 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 10:29 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:46
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:17 – 07:53 next day
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. 04:41 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 05:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 13:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:13 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:16 Libra
- 05:16 – 07:33 Scorpio
- 07:33 – 09:37 Sagittarius
- 09:37 – 11:22 Capricorn
- 11:22 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 05:12 next day Libra
- 05:12 – 06:29 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