Varanasi panchang, 2 March 2029
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 19:57 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:32
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:59 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 15:49
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:49 – 18:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:13 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:18 – 16:09
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:29 Capricorn
- 05:29 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:29 Pisces
- 08:29 – 10:07 Aries
- 10:07 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:36 Cancer
- 16:36 – 18:50 Leo
- 18:50 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:36 next day Scorpio
- 01:36 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:20 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