Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2029
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 08:01 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:13 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:55
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:35 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:54
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:18 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:34
- Karana Vanija until 11:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:34 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:13 – 22:18
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 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:18 – 05:12 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:18 – 05:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:54 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:13 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:08 Aries
- 05:08 – 07:05 Taurus
- 07:05 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 18:20 Libra
- 18:20 – 20:37 Scorpio
- 20:37 – 22:42 Sagittarius
- 22:42 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 03:26 next day Pisces
- 03:26 – 05:04 next day Aries
- 05:04 – 05:12 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