Varanasi panchang, 5 February 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:44 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:31
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:15 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:15
- Nakshatra Swati until 22:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 22:42
- Karana Bava until 16:15, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:31
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. 04:56 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:39 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:23 Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 07:08 Capricorn
- 07:08 – 08:38 Aquarius
- 08:38 – 10:07 Pisces
- 10:07 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:14 Cancer
- 18:14 – 20:28 Leo
- 20:28 – 22:41 Virgo
- 22:41 – 00:57 next day Libra
- 00:57 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 05:19 next day Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 06:39 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