Varanasi panchang, 4 March 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 22:11 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:00
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:28
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:49
- Karana Balava until 08:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:19 – 07:55 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:57 – 06:18 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. 04:40 – 05:29
- 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 18:00 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:21 Pisces
- 08:21 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:56 Taurus
- 11:56 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 18:42 Leo
- 18:42 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 23:11 Libra
- 23:11 – 01:28 next day Scorpio
- 01:28 – 03:33 next day Sagittarius
- 03:33 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:18 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