Varanasi panchang, 24 March 2029
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 12:14 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
05:58 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:07
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:06 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:02
- Karana Balava until 13:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:06 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:02 – 00:26 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 00:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:02 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:38 Taurus
- 10:38 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:30 next day Aquarius
- 05:30 – 05:57 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