Varanasi panchang, 12 August 2029
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 07:37 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:34
- 13:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:34 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 21:41
- Karana Taitila until 13:17, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:31 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:34
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:00 – 05:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:00 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:34 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 08:09 Leo
- 08:09 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 12:38 Libra
- 12:38 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 17:00 Sagittarius
- 17:00 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:31 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