Varanasi panchang, 27 January 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 07:02 Magha 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 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:26
- 09:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:19 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:19
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:22
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:59, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:19 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:22 – 15:20 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:26
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. 04:59 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:01 Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 07:46 Capricorn
- 07:46 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 10:45 Pisces
- 10:45 – 12:23 Aries
- 12:23 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:52 Cancer
- 18:52 – 21:06 Leo
- 21:06 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 01:36 next day Libra
- 01:36 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 05:57 next day Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 06:43 next day Capricorn
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