Varanasi panchang, 3 May 2029
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 23:33 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:21 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:51
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:28 to 05:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 08:06
- Karana Gara until 14:41, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:51
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 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:48 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:21 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:25 Pisces
- 04:25 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 16:59 Virgo
- 16:59 – 19:15 Libra
- 19:15 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:20 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