Varanasi panchang, 16 March 2029
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:21 Chaitra (adhika) month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:36
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 20:49
- Karana Bava until 12:13, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
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. 04:30 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 12:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:14 – 06:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:14 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:34 Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:05 Aquarius
- 06:05 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:55 Leo
- 17:55 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:01 next day Aquarius
- 06:01 – 06:06 next day Pisces
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