Varanasi panchang, 17 February 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 13:53 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:37
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:29 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 02:38 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:58, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
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 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:32 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 07:53 Aquarius
- 07:53 – 09:22 Pisces
- 09:22 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 12:57 Taurus
- 12:57 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 17:29 Cancer
- 17:29 – 19:43 Leo
- 19:43 – 21:56 Virgo
- 21:56 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:34 next day Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
- 06:19 – 06:31 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