Varanasi panchang, 21 January 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 10:19 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:33
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:33 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:12
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:12 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 10:00
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:33
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 – 05:52
- 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 17:33 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:33 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:44 Aries
- 12:44 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 16:55 Gemini
- 16:55 – 19:13 Cancer
- 19:13 – 21:27 Leo
- 21:27 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:56 next day Libra
- 01:56 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 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