Varanasi panchang, 3 August 2029
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 23:55 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:06 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:01
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:40 to 05:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:32 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:54
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:52 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 13:12
- Karana Kaulava until 05:54, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:32 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:01
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 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:40 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:27 – 07:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:13 Gemini
- 04:13 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 10:57 Virgo
- 10:57 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:30 Scorpio
- 15:30 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:20 Capricorn
- 19:20 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 01:55 next day Taurus
- 01:55 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 05:27 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