Varanasi panchang, 7 October 2029
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 05:07 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 17:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:37
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:37 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:37 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 13:17
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:37, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:37 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:37
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 17:37 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 08:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:06 – 05:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:06 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:37 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:22 – 05:54 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 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:29 Leo
- 04:29 – 06:41 Virgo
- 06:41 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 11:15 Scorpio
- 11:15 – 13:20 Sagittarius
- 13:20 – 15:04 Capricorn
- 15:04 – 16:35 Aquarius
- 16:35 – 18:04 Pisces
- 18:04 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:11 next day Cancer
- 02:11 – 04:25 next day Leo
- 04:25 – 05:54 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