Varanasi panchang, 10 March 2029
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 02:58 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:05
- 10:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:03 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:34 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 18:05
- Karana Bava until 13:43, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:05 – 06:02 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. 04:35 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:34 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:58 Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 04:54 next day Capricorn
- 04:54 – 06:12 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