Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2029
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 06:04 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:19
- 06:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:19 to 05:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:47 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 06:07 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 04:53 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:07 – 05:35 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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 06:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:07 Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:35 next day Aries
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