Varanasi panchang, 26 March 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 22:14 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:38
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:18 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:10 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:43
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 06:21
- Karana Balava until 12:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:21 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
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. 04:22 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:28 Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:32 Taurus
- 10:32 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:08 next day Sagittarius
- 02:08 – 03:53 next day Capricorn
- 03:53 – 05:24 next day Aquarius
- 05:24 – 05:56 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