Varanasi panchang, 13 June 2029
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 05:55 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:40
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:48 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:55
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 18:33
- Karana Bava until 09:55, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:07 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:04 – 13:10
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. 03:45 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:55 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:19 Taurus
- 05:19 – 07:33 Gemini
- 07:33 – 09:51 Cancer
- 09:51 – 12:05 Leo
- 12:05 – 14:18 Virgo
- 14:18 – 16:34 Libra
- 16:34 – 18:51 Scorpio
- 18:51 – 20:56 Sagittarius
- 20:56 – 22:41 Capricorn
- 22:41 – 00:11 next day Aquarius
- 00:11 – 01:40 next day Pisces
- 01:40 – 03:18 next day Aries
- 03:18 – 05:08 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