Varanasi panchang, 22 March 2029
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 10:20 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
06:00 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 07:43 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:43 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:05 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:43 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:33 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 07:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:43 – 05:59 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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 07:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 07:10 Pisces
- 07:10 – 08:48 Aries
- 08:48 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:44 Virgo
- 19:44 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 05:59 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