Varanasi panchang, 4 March 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 03:44 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:40
- 07:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:35 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 02:00 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:00 – 14:21 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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:00 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:23 Capricorn
- 05:23 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:23 Pisces
- 08:23 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 11:58 Taurus
- 11:58 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 20:57 Virgo
- 20:57 – 23:13 Libra
- 23:13 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:35 next day Sagittarius
- 03:35 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
- 05:20 – 06:18 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