Varanasi panchang, 9 December 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 13:36 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 06:34 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:15 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:27 Moon enters Aries
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:27 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:34
- Karana Vanija until 15:15, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:34 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:27 Moon enters Aries
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:57 – 06:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:15 – 17:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:35 – 16:47 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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 17:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 17:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:27 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:52 Libra
- 04:52 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 06:33 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