Varanasi panchang, 18 February 2029
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 08:51 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:52
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:42 Moon enters Aries
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:52 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 14:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 16:26
- Karana Bava until 14:06, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:42 Moon enters Aries
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:52
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 – 05:40
- 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 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:42 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:42 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 10:54 Aries
- 10:54 – 12:51 Taurus
- 12:51 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:23 next day Scorpio
- 02:23 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 06:30 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