Varanasi panchang, 28 March 2027
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:11 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:11
- 15:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:11 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:32 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:05
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:32 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:07 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:05, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:32 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:42 – 06:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 00:32 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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 00:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:32 – 05:54 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:32 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:20 Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 21:39 Libra
- 21:39 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:16 next day Aquarius
- 05:16 – 05:54 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