Varanasi panchang, 24 December 2027
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 03:21 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:54
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:13 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:50 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:17
- Karana Kaulava until 11:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:54
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) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:41 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 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