Varanasi panchang, 8 February 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 07:28 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:32
- 12:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 21:51
- Karana Balava until 12:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:41 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:32
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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:13 Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 08:29 Aquarius
- 08:29 – 09:57 Pisces
- 09:57 – 11:35 Aries
- 11:35 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:46 Gemini
- 15:46 – 18:04 Cancer
- 18:04 – 20:18 Leo
- 20:18 – 22:31 Virgo
- 22:31 – 00:47 next day Libra
- 00:47 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:38 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