Varanasi panchang, 21 September 2029
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 16:57 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:23
- 07:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:54 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:18
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 01:16 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:35, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:18 – 09:06 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:40 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:22 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:16 – 02:28 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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 15:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:47 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:32 Leo
- 05:32 – 07:44 Virgo
- 07:44 – 10:01 Libra
- 10:01 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:22 Sagittarius
- 14:22 – 16:07 Capricorn
- 16:07 – 17:38 Aquarius
- 17:38 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 20:45 Aries
- 20:45 – 22:42 Taurus
- 22:42 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 03:14 next day Cancer
- 03:14 – 05:28 next day Leo
- 05:28 – 05:47 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