Varanasi panchang, 21 August 2029
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 16:32 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:50
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:30 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:51 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:27
- Karana Balava until 06:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:30 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:50
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:35 – 04:51 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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 05:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:19 Cancer
- 05:19 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Cancer
- 05:16 – 05:35 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