Varanasi panchang, 31 August 2029
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 22:34 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:42
- 07:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:16 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:01
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:33 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:37
- Karana Vishti until 07:53, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:42
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:40 Cancer
- 04:40 – 06:54 Leo
- 06:54 – 09:07 Virgo
- 09:07 – 11:23 Libra
- 11:23 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:18 next day Gemini
- 02:18 – 04:36 next day Cancer
- 04:36 – 05:39 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