Varanasi panchang, 5 October 2029
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 02:59 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:11
- 10:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:39 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:22 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:46
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 21:07
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 13:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:01 – 11:56
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:00 – 05:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:00 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:36 Leo
- 04:36 – 06:49 Virgo
- 06:49 – 09:06 Libra
- 09:06 – 11:23 Scorpio
- 11:23 – 13:27 Sagittarius
- 13:27 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:11 Pisces
- 18:11 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:19 next day Cancer
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 05:53 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