Varanasi panchang, 5 December 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:33 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 08:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:37
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 06:10 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:18, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:10 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:37 – 10:52 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:10 – 07:22 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. 04:42 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 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 06:30 – 08:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:08 Libra
- 05:08 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:14 Capricorn
- 11:14 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:35 next day Leo
- 00:35 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 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