Varanasi panchang, 19 October 2029
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 15:31 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 16:00
- 06:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:45 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:26 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:18
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:51
- Karana Balava until 08:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:45 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:00
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. 04:19 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:23 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:28 Scorpio
- 10:28 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 15:48 Aquarius
- 15:48 – 17:16 Pisces
- 17:16 – 18:55 Aries
- 18:55 – 20:52 Taurus
- 20:52 – 23:06 Gemini
- 23:06 – 01:24 next day Cancer
- 01:24 – 03:37 next day Leo
- 03:37 – 05:50 next day Virgo
- 05:50 – 05:59 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