Varanasi panchang, 31 December 2027
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 09:01 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:03 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:58
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 08:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:06 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 09:44
- Karana Gara until 08:12, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:44 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55 next day
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 13:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:06 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:17 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:43 Scorpio
- 05:43 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:39 next day Scorpio
- 05:39 – 06:44 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