Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2029
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:05 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
05:46 to 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:46 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 09:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:24, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 09:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:53 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:47 Aquarius
- 04:47 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:50 Taurus
- 09:50 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:49 Virgo
- 18:49 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:45 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