Varanasi panchang, 7 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:22 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:22
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:22 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:21 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:24 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:21 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:22
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) 11:43 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:46 – 19:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 19:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 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