Varanasi panchang, 14 February 2029
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 06:47 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:36
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:50 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:49
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 13:34
- Karana Bava until 17:49, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
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. 04:52 – 05:43
- 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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:49 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:10 Aries
- 11:10 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:39 Cancer
- 17:39 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 22:05 Virgo
- 22:05 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:33 next day Aquarius
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