Varanasi panchang, 11 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 03:32 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 17:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:17
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:50
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 14:19
- Karana Kaulava until 12:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:17
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 15:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:53 next day Scorpio
- 04:53 – 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