Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2029
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 06:14 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:16
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:36 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:55
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:07 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 09:02
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Moon enters Libra
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:02 – 04:44 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:44 – 05:56 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:54 – 02:07 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) 11:21 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:25 Leo
- 04:25 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 08:54 Libra
- 08:54 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:16 Sagittarius
- 13:16 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 18:00 Pisces
- 18:00 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 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