Varanasi panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 21:03 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:55 – 17:14
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:14 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:53
- Karana Balava until 17:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:14
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. 04:55 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:55 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 06:43 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