Varanasi panchang, 10 December 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 14:14 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:48
- 15:12 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 03:59 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:12, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:48
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) 11:29 – 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 06:33 – 17:54
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:34 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