Varanasi panchang, 24 January 2029
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 12:08 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:31
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:35 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:43
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 11:42
- Karana Kaulava until 15:43, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:31
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 12:15
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:15 – 06:44 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:15 – 06:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:15 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:32 Aries
- 12:32 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 19:01 Cancer
- 19:01 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 23:28 Virgo
- 23:28 – 01:44 next day Libra
- 01:44 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 06:44 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