Varanasi panchang, 9 May 2029
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 02:26 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:31 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:28 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:53
- Karana Balava until 10:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:53 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 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. 03:51 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:02 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:01 Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:40 Aries
- 05:40 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:51 Gemini
- 09:51 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 21:09 Scorpio
- 21:09 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 00:58 next day Capricorn
- 00:58 – 02:29 next day Aquarius
- 02:29 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:16 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