Varanasi panchang, 8 September 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 05:20 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 15:02
- 05:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:08 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:30 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:14
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:07 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 10:45
- Karana Chatushpada until 05:46, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:30 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:07 – 05:42 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 – 04:56
- 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 18:08 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 06:23 Leo
- 06:23 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 10:52 Libra
- 10:52 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:29 Aquarius
- 18:29 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:33 Taurus
- 23:33 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:05 next day Cancer
- 04:05 – 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