Varanasi panchang, 21 March 2029
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 09:30 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
06:01 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:36
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:08 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 00:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 06:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 06:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 22:04 Libra
- 22:04 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:00 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