Varanasi panchang, 12 October 2029
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:42 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:05
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:32 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:04
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:02
- Karana Balava until 08:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:05
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:55 – 16:56
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. 04:16 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:04 – 05:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:56 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:32 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:38 Libra
- 08:38 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 13:00 Sagittarius
- 13:00 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 05:56 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