Varanasi panchang, 4 December 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:02 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:27
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:17 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:56
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:41 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:17 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:56, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:17 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:27
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. 04:42 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:12 Libra
- 05:12 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:18 Capricorn
- 11:18 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 17:53 Taurus
- 17:53 – 20:07 Gemini
- 20:07 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 00:39 next day Leo
- 00:39 – 02:51 next day Virgo
- 02:51 – 05:08 next day Libra
- 05:08 – 06:30 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