Varanasi panchang, 29 August 2029
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 21:11 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:12
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:48
- Karana Taitila until 16:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 18:41
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:41 – 05:38 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 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:41 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:48 Cancer
- 04:48 – 07:02 Leo
- 07:02 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 11:31 Libra
- 11:31 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:15 Aries
- 22:15 – 00:12 next day Taurus
- 00:12 – 02:26 next day Gemini
- 02:26 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 05:38 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