Varanasi panchang, 15 December 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 18:59 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:45 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 13:15
- Karana Gara until 16:13, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:45 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:45 – 13:22 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:33 – 20:28
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 16:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:37 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