Varanasi panchang, 17 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 08:15 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 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:28
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:30 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:45
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 07:56 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:46 – 20:07
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. 05:00 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:30 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 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
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:33 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)
- 05:00 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 21:43 Leo
- 21:43 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 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