Varanasi panchang, 9 February 2029
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 03:23 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:23
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:46 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:34
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:16
- Karana Balava until 12:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:16 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:16 – 16:28
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. 04:54 – 05:46
- 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 17:46 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:07 Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:52 Capricorn
- 06:52 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 09:51 Pisces
- 09:51 – 11:29 Aries
- 11:29 – 13:27 Taurus
- 13:27 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:58 Cancer
- 17:58 – 20:12 Leo
- 20:12 – 22:25 Virgo
- 22:25 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:37 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