Varanasi panchang, 14 March 2029
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 05:20 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:36
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:33 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:05 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:40 Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:33
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:14
- Karana Shakuni until 07:33, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:33 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:40 Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:36
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. 04:32 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:42 Capricorn
- 04:42 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:41 Pisces
- 07:41 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:49 next day Scorpio
- 00:49 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:08 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