Varanasi panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 07:06 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
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. 03:48 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:13 – 21:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:02 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:41 Cancer
- 11:41 – 13:55 Leo
- 13:55 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 18:24 Libra
- 18:24 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 00:31 next day Capricorn
- 00:31 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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