Varanasi panchang, 15 October 2029
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 13:12 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:11
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:29 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:06
- Karana Balava until 16:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 10:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:07 – 17:56
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. 04:17 – 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 17:29 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 05:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 05:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:56 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:43 Scorpio
- 10:43 – 12:48 Sagittarius
- 12:48 – 14:33 Capricorn
- 14:33 – 16:04 Aquarius
- 16:04 – 17:32 Pisces
- 17:32 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:08 Taurus
- 21:08 – 23:22 Gemini
- 23:22 – 01:39 next day Cancer
- 01:39 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 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