Varanasi panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 20:14 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:15
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:15 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
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. 04:24 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 13:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:53 Gemini
- 12:53 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:38 Virgo
- 19:38 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 05:58 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