Varanasi panchang, 1 May 2029
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:52 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:49
- 06:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:27
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 12:42
- Karana Vishti until 06:27, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:49
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. 03:55 – 04:39
- 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 18:27 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:22 – 06:27
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:22 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:33 Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:11 Aries
- 06:11 – 08:08 Taurus
- 08:08 – 10:22 Gemini
- 10:22 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:00 next day Aquarius
- 03:00 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 05:22 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