Varanasi panchang, 3 March 2029
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 21:04 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:04
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Moon enters Libra
- 22:03 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 11:44
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 11:41
- Karana Vishti until 11:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 11:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:16 Moon enters Libra
- 22:03 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 09:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:35 – 06:19 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. 04:41 – 05:30
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:44 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:25 Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 10:03 Aries
- 10:03 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:14 Gemini
- 14:14 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:15 Libra
- 23:15 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:19 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