Varanasi panchang, 26 August 2029
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 19:28 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:21
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:21 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:27
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:27 – 20:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:37 – 11:35 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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:30 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:00 Cancer
- 05:00 – 07:14 Leo
- 07:14 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:20 Aquarius
- 19:20 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 05:37 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