Varanasi panchang, 22 December 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 01:20 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:15
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:12 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:41
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:09 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:28
- Karana Vanija until 12:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:28 – 15:52
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 06:40 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