Varanasi panchang, 27 March 2029
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 15:22 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
05:55 to 18:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- 07:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:34 Moon enters Leo
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:11 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:06
- Karana Bava until 08:19, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:34 Moon enters Leo
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:06 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 07:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:53 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:22 Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:26 Taurus
- 10:26 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:18 next day Aquarius
- 05:18 – 05:54 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