Varanasi panchang, 26 February 2029
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 15:34 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 07:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:57 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:29
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:13
- Karana Balava until 07:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 22:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:54 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:23 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