Varanasi panchang, 23 December 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 02:20 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:06
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:12
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:17 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:43
- Karana Bava until 11:23, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:06
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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:53 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:41 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