Varanasi panchang, 23 July 2029
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 17:01 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:05
- 09:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:46 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:00
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 16:13
- Karana Kaulava until 09:42, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:13 – 14:11 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:57 – 05:22 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. 03:57 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:57 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
| Char | 18:46 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:56 Gemini
- 04:56 – 07:13 Cancer
- 07:13 – 09:27 Leo
- 09:27 – 11:40 Virgo
- 11:40 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:14 Scorpio
- 16:14 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 20:03 Capricorn
- 20:03 – 21:34 Aquarius
- 21:34 – 23:02 Pisces
- 23:02 – 00:41 next day Aries
- 00:41 – 02:38 next day Taurus
- 02:38 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 05:22 next day Cancer
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