Varanasi panchang, 5 March 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 04:22 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:32
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:54
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:20 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 02:42 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:54, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:32
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 – 05:29
- 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 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 04:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:20 Capricorn
- 05:20 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 08:19 Pisces
- 08:19 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:54 Taurus
- 11:54 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 20:53 Virgo
- 20:53 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:26 next day Scorpio
- 01:26 – 03:31 next day Sagittarius
- 03:31 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:17 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