Varanasi panchang, 14 October 2029
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 12:28 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:30
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:30 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:28 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:32
- Karana Vishti until 16:38, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:53 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:30
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. 04:17 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:49 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 08:30 Libra
- 08:30 – 10:47 Scorpio
- 10:47 – 12:52 Sagittarius
- 12:52 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:26 Gemini
- 23:26 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 05:57 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