Varanasi panchang, 5 September 2029
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 02:12 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:30
- 06:08 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:31
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:40
- Karana Kaulava until 12:10, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:40 – 06:26 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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 23:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:20 Cancer
- 04:20 – 06:34 Leo
- 06:34 – 08:47 Virgo
- 08:47 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 13:21 Scorpio
- 13:21 – 15:25 Sagittarius
- 15:25 – 17:10 Capricorn
- 17:10 – 18:41 Aquarius
- 18:41 – 20:09 Pisces
- 20:09 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 23:45 Taurus
- 23:45 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Cancer
- 04:17 – 05:41 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