Varanasi panchang, 7 March 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 05:29 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:01
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:46 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:01 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 13:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:42 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 03:06 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 13:46, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:46 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:01
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:12 Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:42 Aquarius
- 06:42 – 08:11 Pisces
- 08:11 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:46 Taurus
- 11:46 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:18 Cancer
- 16:18 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 23:01 Libra
- 23:01 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:23 next day Sagittarius
- 03:23 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:15 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