Varanasi panchang, 16 August 2029
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 11:53 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:32 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:55
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:31 to 05:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:28
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 08:47
- Karana Vanija until 13:28, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:55
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 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 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 12:22 Libra
- 12:22 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:33 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