Varanasi panchang, 4 April 2029
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:14 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
05:47 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:34
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 14:05
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 01:25 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:25 – 12:45 next day
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. 04:14 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:30 – 05:46 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:05 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:50 Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 09:54 Taurus
- 09:54 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 16:40 Leo
- 16:40 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 21:09 Libra
- 21:09 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:46 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