Varanasi panchang, 20 December 2027
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:04
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:11 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:05 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:56
- Karana Balava until 14:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:04
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) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:39 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:11 | Good |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:39 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 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