Varanasi panchang, 18 February 2027
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 15:04 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:36
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:42 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:52 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:28
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:06 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:50
- Karana Balava until 14:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:36
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- 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 17:52 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 21:06
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 21:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:06 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:06 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:06 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 09:18 Pisces
- 09:18 – 10:56 Aries
- 10:56 – 12:53 Taurus
- 12:53 – 15:07 Gemini
- 15:07 – 17:25 Cancer
- 17:25 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 21:52 Virgo
- 21:52 – 00:08 next day Libra
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Scorpio
- 02:25 – 04:30 next day Sagittarius
- 04:30 – 06:15 next day Capricorn
- 06:15 – 06:30 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