Varanasi panchang, 11 December 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 14:57 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:29
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 01:49 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:23, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
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. 04:46 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:38 – 06:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:43 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 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