Varanasi panchang, 2 May 2029
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 22:46 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 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:28 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 10:05
- Karana Kaulava until 15:36, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
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. 03:54 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:22 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:21 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 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:29 Pisces
- 04:29 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:36 Cancer
- 12:36 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:21 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