Varanasi panchang, 23 February 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 20:31 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:29
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:55 to 06:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 02:26 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:39, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:00 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:26 – 04:50 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:13 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 03:13 – 05:14 next day
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 21:49
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:45 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:30 Aquarius
- 07:30 – 08:58 Pisces
- 08:58 – 10:36 Aries
- 10:36 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:47 Gemini
- 14:47 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:32 Virgo
- 21:32 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:05 next day Scorpio
- 02:05 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:26 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