Varanasi panchang, 12 September 2029
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 09:42 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:26
- 13:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:04 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:05 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 15:49
- Karana Bava until 13:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:49 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:49 – 12:34 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. 04:10 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:10 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:07 Leo
- 06:07 – 08:20 Virgo
- 08:20 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:49 next day Cancer
- 03:49 – 05:44 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