Varanasi panchang, 3 September 2029
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 00:16 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:43
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:40
- Karana Vanija until 12:40, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:40 – 21:30 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) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:28 Cancer
- 04:28 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 11:12 Libra
- 11:12 – 13:29 Scorpio
- 13:29 – 15:33 Sagittarius
- 15:33 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 20:17 Pisces
- 20:17 – 21:56 Aries
- 21:56 – 23:53 Taurus
- 23:53 – 02:07 next day Gemini
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Cancer
- 04:24 – 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