Varanasi panchang, 18 March 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 13:57 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 15:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:07 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:21 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:07, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:07 – 01:51 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. 04:29 – 05:17
- 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 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:05 – 03:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 03:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:20 – 03:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:28 Pisces
- 07:28 – 09:06 Aries
- 09:06 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:35 next day Scorpio
- 00:35 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 06:04 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