Varanasi panchang, 18 September 2029
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 15:13 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 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:26
- 10:41 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 05:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:41 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:51 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:23, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:41 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:38 – 05:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:45 – 10:41
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) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 10:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:56 Virgo
- 07:56 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:30 Scorpio
- 12:30 – 14:34 Sagittarius
- 14:34 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 20:57 Aries
- 20:57 – 22:54 Taurus
- 22:54 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 03:25 next day Cancer
- 03:25 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 05:46 next day Virgo
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