Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2029
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 18:34 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:10
- 06:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:26 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:06
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 06:00, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:34 – 19:33 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 01:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:25 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:40 | Good |
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:24 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