Varanasi panchang, 6 October 2029
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 04:02 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:42
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:38 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:22
- Karana Vanija until 07:51, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:11 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:51 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:47 – 05:53 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. 04:15 – 05:04
- 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 17:38 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:51 – 04:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:10 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:33 Leo
- 04:33 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 09:02 Libra
- 09:02 – 11:19 Scorpio
- 11:19 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:15 next day Cancer
- 02:15 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 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