Varanasi panchang, 12 July 2029
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 05:43 Ashadha 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 05:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:50 to 05:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 00:01 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:59, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:01 – 01:13 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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 11:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 11:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:42 – 05:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:42 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:57 Cancer
- 07:57 – 10:11 Leo
- 10:11 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:46 Capricorn
- 20:46 – 22:17 Aquarius
- 22:17 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 01:24 next day Aries
- 01:24 – 03:21 next day Taurus
- 03:21 – 05:17 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