Varanasi panchang, 19 March 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 15:04 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:37
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:07 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:19
- Karana Bava until 12:34, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 01:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:31 – 06:03 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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:55 Aquarius
- 05:55 – 07:24 Pisces
- 07:24 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:13 Gemini
- 13:13 – 15:31 Cancer
- 15:31 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:31 next day Scorpio
- 00:31 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:21 next day Capricorn
- 04:21 – 05:51 next day Aquarius
- 05:51 – 06:03 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