Varanasi panchang, 8 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 00:22 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 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:15
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:00 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:36
- Karana Taitila until 16:56, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:46 – 17:43
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. 04:59 – 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 17:23 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:46 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 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