Varanasi panchang, 18 December 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 22:18 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:32
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:58 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:10 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:30 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:35
- Karana Taitila until 07:58, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:36 – 16:32 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 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:30 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 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