Varanasi panchang, 2 September 2029
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:14 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 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:14
- 11:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:59 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:14 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 23:12
- Karana Taitila until 11:42, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:59 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:14
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 18:14 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:40 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 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:32 Cancer
- 04:32 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 08:59 Virgo
- 08:59 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:33 Scorpio
- 13:33 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 22:00 Aries
- 22:00 – 23:57 Taurus
- 23:57 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 04:28 next day Cancer
- 04:28 – 05:40 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