Varanasi panchang, 27 January 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 11:57 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:15
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:05
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 03:13 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:15
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:09 – 06:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:09 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:37 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:59 Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 07:44 Capricorn
- 07:44 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 10:43 Pisces
- 10:43 – 12:21 Aries
- 12:21 – 14:19 Taurus
- 14:19 – 16:33 Gemini
- 16:33 – 18:50 Cancer
- 18:50 – 21:04 Leo
- 21:04 – 23:17 Virgo
- 23:17 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 05:55 next day Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 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