Varanasi panchang, 16 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 07:40 Magha 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 17:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:08
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:29 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 07:56
- Karana Balava until 12:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:08
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:09 – 06:46 next day
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) 11:46 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 09:57 Aquarius
- 09:57 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:04 Aries
- 13:04 – 15:01 Taurus
- 15:01 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 02:16 next day Libra
- 02:16 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
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