Varanasi panchang, 26 March 2029
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 14:18 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
05:56 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 09:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:10 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:22
- Karana Vanija until 10:42, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:42 – 21:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 09:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 09:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:33 Aries
- 08:33 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:45 Libra
- 21:45 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 05:55 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