Varanasi panchang, 10 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 02:29 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 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:25
- 09:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:24 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 16:31
- Karana Bava until 13:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:31 – 18:55
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:45 – 06:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:45 – 06:46 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:56 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:38 Gemini
- 17:38 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 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