Varanasi panchang, 16 December 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 20:08 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:02
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:42
- Karana Vishti until 13:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:45 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:11 – 02:47 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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 09:13
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 09:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:13 – 06:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:13 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:50 – 20:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 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