Varanasi panchang, 17 October 2029
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 14:26 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:09
- 06:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:43 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:27 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:38 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 06:43
- Karana Vanija until 17:57, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:43 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:43 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:57 – 06:38 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 18:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:52 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:58 – 07:57
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 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:27 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 18:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:02 Virgo
- 06:02 – 08:19 Libra
- 08:19 – 10:36 Scorpio
- 10:36 – 12:40 Sagittarius
- 12:40 – 14:25 Capricorn
- 14:25 – 15:56 Aquarius
- 15:56 – 17:24 Pisces
- 17:24 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 03:45 next day Leo
- 03:45 – 05:58 next day Virgo
- 05:58 – 05:58 next day Libra
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