Varanasi panchang, 22 April 2029
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 12:05 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:23
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:23 to 05:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:54
- Nakshatra Pushya until 17:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:26 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:54, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:23 – 05:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:26 – 03:50 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:17 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:17 – 05:17 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. 04:01 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 17:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:17 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:06 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:29 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