Varanasi panchang, 28 February 2029
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 17:45 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:40
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:05 – 12:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:44 Cancer
- 16:44 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:10 Virgo
- 21:10 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:21 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