Varanasi panchang, 2 January 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 19:10 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:40 – 15:59
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:32
- Karana Taitila until 08:02, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:32 – 19:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:06 – 17:03 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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:06 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:44 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Rog | 15:59 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 13:59 Aries
- 13:59 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 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