Varanasi panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:16 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:21 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:51
- Karana Vishti until 11:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 13:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 13:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:41 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 08:59 Taurus
- 08:59 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:31 Cancer
- 13:31 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 05:32 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