Varanasi panchang, 3 March 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 03:02 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
Night
17:59 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:05, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:07 – 01:06 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:27 Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 10:05 Aries
- 10:05 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:16 Gemini
- 14:16 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:17 Libra
- 23:17 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:39 next day Sagittarius
- 03:39 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
- 05:23 – 06:19 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