Varanasi panchang, 1 August 2029
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 22:35 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:43
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:03 Moon enters Aries
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:42 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:34 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:24
- Karana Vishti until 14:22, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:03 Moon enters Aries
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:11 – 08:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:24 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 08:03
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:03 – 05:26 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. 04:00 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 08:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 03:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:20 Gemini
- 04:20 – 06:38 Cancer
- 06:38 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 11:05 Virgo
- 11:05 – 13:21 Libra
- 13:21 – 15:38 Scorpio
- 15:38 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 20:59 Aquarius
- 20:59 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:03 next day Taurus
- 02:03 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 05:26 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