Varanasi panchang, 27 February 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:47 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:30
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:57 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:33
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:43
- Karana Vanija until 11:32, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:30
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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 10:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 22:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:49 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:42 Capricorn
- 05:42 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 08:41 Pisces
- 08:41 – 10:20 Aries
- 10:20 – 12:17 Taurus
- 12:17 – 14:31 Gemini
- 14:31 – 16:48 Cancer
- 16:48 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:38 next day Capricorn
- 05:38 – 06:23 next day Aquarius
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