Varanasi panchang, 17 March 2029
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:53 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
06:06 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:06 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:13 Moon enters Aries
- 21:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:43
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 21:43
- Karana Kaulava until 14:43, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:13 Moon enters Aries
- 21:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:06 – 21:13
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 – 05:18
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:13 – 03:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:30 Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:01 Aquarius
- 06:01 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:19 Gemini
- 13:19 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:42 next day Sagittarius
- 02:42 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:57 next day Aquarius
- 05:57 – 06:05 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