Varanasi panchang, 23 March 2029
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:15 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
05:59 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:38
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:10 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 09:14 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:22
- Karana Vishti until 13:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
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 – 05:12
- 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:42 Taurus
- 10:42 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:03 next day Capricorn
- 04:03 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 05:58 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