Varanasi panchang, 8 May 2029
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 01:55 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:51
- 07:00 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:31 to 05:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:40
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 07:00
- Karana Vishti until 07:40, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:00 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:34 – 07:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:00 – 07:53 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 03:28 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. 03:51 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:28 – 05:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:28 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Char | 08:36 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:05 Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:12 Cancer
- 12:12 – 14:26 Leo
- 14:26 – 16:39 Virgo
- 16:39 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:13 Scorpio
- 21:13 – 23:17 Sagittarius
- 23:17 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:17 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