Varanasi panchang, 17 February 2029
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 08:19 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:52 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:41 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:33
- Karana Vanija until 11:32, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 00:49 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:41 – 06:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:25 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:17 – 02:34 next day
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- 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 17:52 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 11:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 00:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:31 next day | Good |
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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:21 Capricorn
- 06:21 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:20 Pisces
- 09:20 – 10:58 Aries
- 10:58 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:10 next day Libra
- 00:10 – 02:27 next day Scorpio
- 02:27 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
- 06:17 – 06:31 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