Varanasi panchang, 7 September 2029
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:16 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:36
- 08:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:09 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:12 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:25 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 14:11
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:12 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:18 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 – 02:25 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:25 – 05:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:25 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:42 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 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:13 Cancer
- 04:13 – 06:27 Leo
- 06:27 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:18 Sagittarius
- 15:18 – 17:02 Capricorn
- 17:02 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 20:02 Pisces
- 20:02 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:37 Taurus
- 23:37 – 01:51 next day Gemini
- 01:51 – 04:09 next day Cancer
- 04:09 – 05:42 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