Varanasi panchang, 10 August 2029
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 05:32 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:57
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:31 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:59
- Karana Naga until 07:25, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:31 Moon enters Leo
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:27 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:08 – 14:33 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 18:31
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:31 – 05:30 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. 04:03 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:25 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:30 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 08:17 Leo
- 08:17 – 10:30 Virgo
- 10:30 – 12:46 Libra
- 12:46 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:08 Sagittarius
- 17:08 – 18:52 Capricorn
- 18:52 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:30 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