Varanasi panchang, 28 March 2029
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 16:27 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
05:54 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:35
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:35
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:33 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 10:21
- Karana Taitila until 15:35, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:21 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:48 – 12:40
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. 04:20 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 02:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:22 Taurus
- 10:22 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 17:07 Leo
- 17:07 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 05:53 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