Varanasi panchang, 31 March 2029
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 19:50 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
05:51 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:07
- 06:45 Moon enters Libra
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:13 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:11 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:14 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:04
- Karana Taitila until 14:02, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:45 Moon enters Libra
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 17:14
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:14 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:14 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:25 Libra
- 21:25 – 23:42 Scorpio
- 23:42 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 05:50 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