Varanasi panchang, 6 April 2029
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:55 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
05:45 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:41
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:16 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:15 to 05:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 23:20
- Karana Kaulava until 13:30, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:16 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:41
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. 04:13 – 04:59
- 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:44 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