Varanasi panchang, 19 January 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:17 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 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:10
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:31 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:18 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 08:26
- Karana Bava until 17:26, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:26 – 20:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:10
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:18 – 06:45 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 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)
- 05:00 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:14 Pisces
- 11:14 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:45 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