Varanasi panchang, 12 February 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 09:33 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:24
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:48 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 05:56 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 19:02
- Karana Kaulava until 15:13, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:36 – 06:52
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. 04:53 – 05:44
- 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 17:48 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 02:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:57 Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 06:42 Capricorn
- 06:42 – 08:13 Aquarius
- 08:13 – 09:41 Pisces
- 09:41 – 11:20 Aries
- 11:20 – 13:17 Taurus
- 13:17 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:48 Cancer
- 17:48 – 20:02 Leo
- 20:02 – 22:15 Virgo
- 22:15 – 00:32 next day Libra
- 00:32 – 02:49 next day Scorpio
- 02:49 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 06:35 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