Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2029
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 13:51 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 17:28- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam 14:36 – 16:02
- 07:11 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:11
- Karana Taitila until 16:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:11 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:11 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:22 – 05:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:52 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:47 – 05:58 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. 04:18 – 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 17:28 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:28 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:02 – 20:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:36 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:09 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:06 Virgo
- 06:06 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:40 Scorpio
- 10:40 – 12:44 Sagittarius
- 12:44 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:28 Pisces
- 17:28 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:04 Taurus
- 21:04 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:49 next day Leo
- 03:49 – 05:58 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