Varanasi panchang, 26 January 2029
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 13:46 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 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:15
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:36 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Rohini until 14:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 10:47
- Karana Vishti until 17:13, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:15
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 14:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 17:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 07:47 Capricorn
- 07:47 – 09:18 Aquarius
- 09:18 – 10:46 Pisces
- 10:46 – 12:24 Aries
- 12:24 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:53 Cancer
- 18:53 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:54 next day Scorpio
- 03:54 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 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