Varanasi panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 12:49 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:36
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:53
- Karana Kaulava until 06:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:47 – 08:11 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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:32 Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:39 Cancer
- 15:39 – 17:53 Leo
- 17:53 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:22 Libra
- 22:22 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 06:05 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