Varanasi panchang, 16 February 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 12:47 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:26
- 09:34 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:35 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:51 to 06:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:38 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 09:34
- Karana Taitila until 09:35, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:34 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:35 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:14 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:33 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:34 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:26
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. 04:51 – 05:42
- 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 17:51 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 01:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:26 Capricorn
- 06:26 – 07:57 Aquarius
- 07:57 – 09:26 Pisces
- 09:26 – 11:04 Aries
- 11:04 – 13:01 Taurus
- 13:01 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 17:33 Cancer
- 17:33 – 19:47 Leo
- 19:47 – 21:59 Virgo
- 21:59 – 00:16 next day Libra
- 00:16 – 02:33 next day Scorpio
- 02:33 – 04:38 next day Sagittarius
- 04:38 – 06:22 next day Capricorn
- 06:22 – 06:32 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