Varanasi panchang, 11 July 2029
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 04:43 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- 09:34 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:21
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:46 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:34, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:34 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:07 – 06:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
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. 03:52 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:43 Gemini
- 05:43 – 08:01 Cancer
- 08:01 – 10:15 Leo
- 10:15 – 12:27 Virgo
- 12:27 – 14:44 Libra
- 14:44 – 17:01 Scorpio
- 17:01 – 19:06 Sagittarius
- 19:06 – 20:50 Capricorn
- 20:50 – 22:21 Aquarius
- 22:21 – 23:50 Pisces
- 23:50 – 01:28 next day Aries
- 01:28 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:16 next day Gemini
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