Varanasi panchang, 26 February 2027
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 23:30 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:30
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:56 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:19
- Karana Gara until 08:24, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:19 – 01:55 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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:13 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:20 Virgo
- 21:20 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:24 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