Varanasi panchang, 12 February 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 05:38 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:34
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:48 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:34 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:23
- Karana Shakuni until 14:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:42 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:34
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. 04:53 – 05:44
- 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 17:48 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 01:34 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 01:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:48 | Good |
| Char | 17:48 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:55 Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 08:11 Aquarius
- 08:11 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:15 Taurus
- 13:15 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:46 Cancer
- 17:46 – 20:00 Leo
- 20:00 – 22:13 Virgo
- 22:13 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 06:35 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