Varanasi panchang, 20 May 2029
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 10:58 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:37
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:02 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 23:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:05
- Karana Gara until 11:05, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:02 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:29 – 23:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:02 – 09:46 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. 03:47 – 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 18:37 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:56 Aries
- 04:56 – 06:53 Taurus
- 06:53 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:52 Virgo
- 15:52 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:25 Scorpio
- 20:25 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:15 next day Capricorn
- 00:15 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 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