Varanasi panchang, 12 March 2027
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 08:12 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:35
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:04 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:57
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 21:34
- Karana Vishti until 14:57, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:34 – 19:30 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. 04:34 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 11:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 11:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:52 Capricorn
- 04:52 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:42 Libra
- 22:42 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:10 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