Varanasi panchang, 25 April 2029
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 15:12 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:13 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:24 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:37
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:12
- Karana Vishti until 06:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:13 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:04 – 06:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:12 – 19:48
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. 03:59 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 03:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 22:04 Scorpio
- 22:04 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:24 next day Aquarius
- 03:24 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:26 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