Varanasi panchang, 21 February 2029
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 10:47 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:54 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Vanija until 07:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 18:03 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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 22:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 22:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 07:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:35 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 10:42 Aries
- 10:42 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 06:28 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