Varanasi panchang, 7 April 2029
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 01:38 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
05:44 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:44 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:08
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:16 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 14:20
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 23:07
- Karana Gara until 14:20, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
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. 04:12 – 04:58
- 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 18:16 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 14:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:20 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 05:43 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