Varanasi panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 17:11 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:08
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:08 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:22
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:58
- Karana Gara until 07:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:08
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 19:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:22 – 03:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:58 – 01:55 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. 04:27 – 05:14
- 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 18:08 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:47 Aquarius
- 05:47 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:51 Taurus
- 10:51 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 17:37 Leo
- 17:37 – 19:50 Virgo
- 19:50 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:28 next day Sagittarius
- 02:28 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:01 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