Varanasi panchang, 4 January 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 21:16 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 17:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:13
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:20 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 12:37
- Karana Balava until 14:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:13
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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:49 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:14 Capricorn
- 09:14 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 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