Varanasi panchang, 6 January 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 23:20 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:42
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:21 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:22 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:31 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:13, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:31 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:22 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:22 – 05:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 20:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:31 – 06:46 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:46 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 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 06:46 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