Varanasi panchang, 27 February 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:06 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:57
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:01 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:57 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:00
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:01 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:19
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:01 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:57
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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:01 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:43 Pisces
- 08:43 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:19 Taurus
- 12:19 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:50 Cancer
- 16:50 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 21:17 Virgo
- 21:17 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:55 next day Sagittarius
- 03:55 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:23 next day Aquarius
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