Varanasi panchang, 22 March 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 18:13 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:08 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 16:13, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
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. 04:26 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 06:00 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