Varanasi panchang, 18 August 2029
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 13:59 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:33 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:33 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:15
- 09:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:29 to 05:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:38 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:46
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:38 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:20 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:46, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:38 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:32 – 01:20 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:33 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 05:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 09:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:31 Scorpio
- 14:31 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 05:34 next day Leo
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