Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2029
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 13:06 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 11:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:28 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:30
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:28 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 22:53
- Karana Kaulava until 11:30, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:28 Moon enters Leo
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:48
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. 04:00 – 04:44
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:28 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