Varanasi panchang, 29 December 2027
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 07:47 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:18
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:16 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:18
- Karana Balava until 16:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:18 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:18
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 06:43 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