Varanasi panchang, 17 December 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 21:14 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:50
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:09 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:34
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:47 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 03:59 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 07:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:07 – 05:11 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 06:38 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. 04:50 – 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
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