Varanasi panchang, 19 December 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 23:20 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:10
- 16:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:34 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:07 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 20:37
- Karana Vishti until 16:32, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:36 – 16:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:10
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- 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 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 02:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:07 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:39 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 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 06:39 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