Varanasi panchang, 21 October 2029
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 16:36 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:24
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 12:32
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:52 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:58
- Karana Vanija until 12:32, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:32 – 01:43 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:24
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 – 05:10
- 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 17:24 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:52 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:46 Virgo
- 05:46 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 10:20 Scorpio
- 10:20 – 12:25 Sagittarius
- 12:25 – 14:09 Capricorn
- 14:09 – 15:40 Aquarius
- 15:40 – 17:09 Pisces
- 17:09 – 18:47 Aries
- 18:47 – 20:44 Taurus
- 20:44 – 22:58 Gemini
- 22:58 – 01:16 next day Cancer
- 01:16 – 03:30 next day Leo
- 03:30 – 05:42 next day Virgo
- 05:42 – 06:00 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