Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2029
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 13:44 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:59
- 05:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:59 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 03:47 next day
- Karana Balava until 05:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:59
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. 04:11 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 09:46
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 09:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:46 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:51 Leo
- 05:51 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:37 Scorpio
- 12:37 – 14:42 Sagittarius
- 14:42 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:33 next day Cancer
- 03:33 – 05:45 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