Varanasi panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 06:00 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:40
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:02 to 06:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:59
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:43 next day
- Karana Naga until 14:59, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:40
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. 04:37 – 05:26
- 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 18:02 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:14 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:41 Virgo
- 20:41 – 22:57 Libra
- 22:57 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:14 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