Varanasi panchang, 31 January 2029
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 19:02 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:33
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:01 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:40 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:49
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:13
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:01 Moon enters Leo
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:33
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. 04:58 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:49 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:43 Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 07:27 Capricorn
- 07:27 – 08:58 Aquarius
- 08:58 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 12:05 Aries
- 12:05 – 14:02 Taurus
- 14:02 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 18:34 Cancer
- 18:34 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 23:00 Virgo
- 23:00 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:34 next day Scorpio
- 03:34 – 05:39 next day Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 06:42 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