Varanasi panchang, 25 December 2027
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 04:21 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:35
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:12
- Karana Gara until 11:17, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:06
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:35
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. 04:54 – 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 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:32 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 06:42 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