Varanasi panchang, 9 April 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 02:50 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
05:42 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:17 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:39
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 23:51
- Karana Balava until 17:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:04 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:57 – 15:11
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:31 Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 18:33 Virgo
- 18:33 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:41 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