Varanasi panchang, 20 February 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 17:22 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:07 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:53 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 15:08
- Karana Vanija until 08:00, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:07 Moon enters Leo
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:00 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:08 – 17:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:07 – 18:25
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. 04:49 – 05:39
- 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 17:53 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 16:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 08:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 07:41 Aquarius
- 07:41 – 09:10 Pisces
- 09:10 – 10:48 Aries
- 10:48 – 12:45 Taurus
- 12:45 – 14:59 Gemini
- 14:59 – 17:17 Cancer
- 17:17 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:44 Virgo
- 21:44 – 00:00 next day Libra
- 00:00 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 06:07 next day Capricorn
- 06:07 – 06:29 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