Varanasi panchang, 1 September 2029
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 23:23 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 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:39 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:39 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 15:06
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:15 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:57
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:59 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 23:08
- Karana Balava until 10:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:39 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:08 – 00:20 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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:39 – 02:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 02:59 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:57 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:36 Cancer
- 04:36 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:36 Scorpio
- 13:36 – 15:41 Sagittarius
- 15:41 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 18:57 Aquarius
- 18:57 – 20:25 Pisces
- 20:25 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 00:01 next day Taurus
- 00:01 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 04:32 next day Cancer
- 04:32 – 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