Varanasi panchang, 9 March 2029
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 02:11 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:34
- 12:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:32
- Karana Vanija until 12:59, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:26 – 18:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:34
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. 04:36 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:17 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:02 Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:35 Virgo
- 20:35 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:13 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