Varanasi panchang, 6 March 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 04:57 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:05
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:34 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:01 to 06:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:04
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:42 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 03:05 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:04, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:34 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:34 – 00:59 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. 04:39 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:04 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:50 Taurus
- 11:50 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 16:22 Cancer
- 16:22 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 20:49 Virgo
- 20:49 – 23:05 Libra
- 23:05 – 01:22 next day Scorpio
- 01:22 – 03:27 next day Sagittarius
- 03:27 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:16 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