Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Thursday, 07 Jan 2027

Margashirsha, krishna · Tithi 15

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

06:44

Sunset

17:23

Moonrise

06:22

Moonset

16:54

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Amavasya then Shukla Pratipada	01:54 08 Jan 2027	Purna (full) Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
Nakshatra	Purva Ashadha	09:13 08 Jan 2027	The waters. Read as invigoration, persuasion and an optimism that the texts call 'unsubdued'.
Yoga	Dhruva then Vyaghata	14:26	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Chatushpada then Naga · until 01:54 (08 Jan 2027) then Kimstughna	12:34	Chatushpada is one of the four fixed karanas, each of which occurs once per lunar month.
Vara	Thursday	—	Ruled by Jupiter. Classically the most favourable for beginnings.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 06:44
Sunset 17:23

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	06:44	—
Sunset	17:23	—
Rahu kaal	13:23	14:43	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	09:24	10:44	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	06:44	08:04	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	11:42	12:25	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:57	05:51	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	05:24	06:44	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:50	14:33	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	17:23	17:49	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:23	18:43	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:37	00:30 08 Jan 2027	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	10:17	11:00	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	14:33	15:15	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	03:48 08 Jan 2027	05:36 08 Jan 2027	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	16:58	18:46	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 10 h 38 min
Night length (ratrimana): 13 h 21 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:04
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: South

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Sagittarius
Sun sign: Sagittarius
Nakshatra pada: Purva Ashadha pada 1 · until 12:54
Purva Ashadha pada 2 · until 19:40
Purva Ashadha pada 3 · until 02:26 (08 Jan 2027)
Purva Ashadha pada 4
Sun's nakshatra: Purva Ashadha pada 3
Anandadi yoga: Prajapati
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2083 Kalayukta
Ritu (by lunar month): Hemanta
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Shishira
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	Not today	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today	The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today	The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today	The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Shubh	06:44	08:04	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	08:04	09:24	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	09:24	10:44	avoid government work only
Chal	10:44	12:04	neutral travel and movement
Labh	12:04	13:23	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	13:23	14:43	best anything at all
Kaal	14:43	16:03	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	16:03	17:23	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	17:23	19:03	best anything at all
Chal	19:03	20:43	neutral travel and movement
Rog	20:43	22:23	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	22:23	00:04	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	00:04	01:44	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	01:44	03:24	avoid government work only
Shubh	03:24	05:04	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	05:04	06:45	best anything at all

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Amirdham	06:44	08:04	best anything auspicious
Uthi	08:04	09:24	neutral ordinary work
Soram	09:24	10:44	avoid nothing new
Rogam	10:44	12:04	avoid medicine only
Visham	12:04	13:23	avoid nothing new
Labham	13:23	14:43	good gain, new work
Dhanam	14:43	16:03	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	16:03	17:23	good travel, ease, hospitality

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Jupiter	06:44	07:38	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
2	Mars	07:38	08:31	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
3	Sun	08:31	09:24	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
4	Venus	09:24	10:17	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
5	Mercury	10:17	11:10	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
6	Moon	11:10	12:04	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
7	Saturn	12:04	12:57	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
8	Jupiter	12:57	13:50	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
9	Mars	13:50	14:43	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
10	Sun	14:43	15:36	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
11	Venus	15:36	16:30	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
12	Mercury	16:30	17:23	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
13 night	Moon	17:23	18:30	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
14 night	Saturn	18:30	19:36	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
15 night	Jupiter	19:36	20:43	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
16 night	Mars	20:43	21:50	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
17 night	Sun	21:50	22:57	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
18 night	Venus	22:57	00:04	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
19 night	Mercury	00:04	01:10	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
20 night	Moon	01:10	02:17	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
21 night	Saturn	02:17	03:24	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
22 night	Jupiter	03:24	04:31	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
23 night	Mars	04:31	05:38	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
24 night	Sun	05:38	06:45	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience

Festivals and observances

Lunar month (amanta)	Margashirsha
Lunar month (purnimanta)	Pausha
Paksha	krishna
Tithi	15

The two reckonings name this month differently - the same day, two correct names.

Amavasya — the new moon