Varanasi panchang, 9 September 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 06:24 Bhadrapada 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 18:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:07
- 07:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:07 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:34 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:00
- Karana Bava until 12:57, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:48 – 17:39
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 21:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:34 – 05:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:34 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:15 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 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 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:48 Libra
- 10:48 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:29 Taurus
- 23:29 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 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