Varanasi panchang, 13 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 05:28 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 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:46
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:04 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:27 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 22:47
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:04 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:45
- Karana Vishti until 10:53, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:04 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:45 – 14:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:46
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 22:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 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