Varanasi panchang, 25 March 2029
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 13:15 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
05:57 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:10
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:10 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 23:37
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:01 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:01
- Karana Taitila until 12:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:10
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:01 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 19:32 Virgo
- 19:32 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 05:56 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