Varanasi panchang, 16 March 2027
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 11:42 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:36
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:50
- Karana Bava until 08:54, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
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. 04:31 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 08:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:13 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:36 Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:25 Gemini
- 13:25 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:48 next day Sagittarius
- 02:48 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:03 next day Aquarius
- 06:03 – 06:06 next day Pisces
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