Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2029
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 02:16 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
05:43 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:16
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:26 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:46
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:17 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:19
- Karana Vishti until 15:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:26 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:16
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:35 Aquarius
- 04:35 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:37 Virgo
- 18:37 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:42 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