Varanasi panchang, 20 March 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 16:09 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:07 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:45
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:05 – 22:05
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 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:45 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:44 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:51 Aquarius
- 05:51 – 07:20 Pisces
- 07:20 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 13:09 Gemini
- 13:09 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 17:41 Leo
- 17:41 – 19:54 Virgo
- 19:54 – 22:10 Libra
- 22:10 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:32 next day Sagittarius
- 02:32 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 05:47 next day Aquarius
- 05:47 – 06:02 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