Varanasi panchang, 11 April 2029
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 03:53 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
05:40 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:33
- 09:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:33 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 01:27 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:02, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:15 – 11:28 next day
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:23 Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:39 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