Varanasi panchang, 15 August 2029
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 10:48 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:39
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:31 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:12 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 11:47
- Karana Taitila until 15:47, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:31 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 09:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:47 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 05:32 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