Varanasi panchang, 12 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 04:33 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 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:06
- 11:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:23
- Karana Gara until 11:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:46 – 14:56
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) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:15 next day Virgo
- 00:15 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 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