Varanasi panchang, 19 May 2029
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 09:58 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:15
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:36 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:31
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:20 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 09:40
- Karana Kaulava until 11:49, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:15
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. 03:47 – 04:29
- 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 18:36 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 23:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:36 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:00 Aries
- 05:00 – 06:57 Taurus
- 06:57 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:29 Cancer
- 11:29 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:56 Virgo
- 15:56 – 18:12 Libra
- 18:12 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 01:50 next day Aquarius
- 01:50 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 04:56 next day Aries
- 04:56 – 05:11 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