Varanasi panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 12:46 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:39
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:11 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:07
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:24 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:10
- Karana Kaulava until 10:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:24 – 05:54 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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 15:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:39 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:23 Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:41 Gemini
- 12:41 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:12 Leo
- 17:12 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:19 next day Aquarius
- 05:19 – 05:54 next day Pisces
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