Varanasi panchang, 19 September 2029
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:50 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:22
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:56 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 01:22 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:48 – 05:46 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. 04:11 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 17:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:04 next day Gemini
- 01:04 – 03:22 next day Cancer
- 03:22 – 05:35 next day Leo
- 05:35 – 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