Varanasi panchang, 6 December 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:03 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 10:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:00 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 06:47 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:52, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:37 – 10:52
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:59
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. 04:43 – 05:37
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:04 Libra
- 05:04 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 15:48 Aries
- 15:48 – 17:45 Taurus
- 17:45 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:31 next day Leo
- 00:31 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 06:31 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