Varanasi panchang, 24 February 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 21:31 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:55 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:40
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 00:27 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:09, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 09:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 08:54 Pisces
- 08:54 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:43 Gemini
- 14:43 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 21:28 Virgo
- 21:28 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 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