Varanasi panchang, 13 December 2027
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 16:46 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:38
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:22 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
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. 04:47 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 15:14
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:14 – 06:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:14 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:36 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