Varanasi panchang, 21 May 2029
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 11:58 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:56
- 06:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:54
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:10 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:03
- Karana Vishti until 09:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:03 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:56
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. 03:46 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:10 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:37 | Good |
| Char | 18:37 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:52 Aries
- 04:52 – 06:50 Taurus
- 06:50 – 09:03 Gemini
- 09:03 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:35 Leo
- 13:35 – 15:48 Virgo
- 15:48 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:21 Scorpio
- 20:21 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:11 next day Capricorn
- 00:11 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 03:10 next day Pisces
- 03:10 – 04:48 next day Aries
- 04:48 – 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