Varanasi panchang, 5 January 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 22:18 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 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:01
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:21 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:31
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:31
- Karana Taitila until 12:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:01
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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 22:06
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 22:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:31 – 06:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Char | 16:01 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 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