Varanasi panchang, 1 January 2029
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 18:06 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:11
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:53
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:57 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 21:12
- Karana Balava until 09:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:12 – 18:32 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. 04:57 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:57 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:45 next day Sagittarius
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