Varanasi panchang, 22 October 2029
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 17:11 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 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:07
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:23 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:57
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:51 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 08:46
- Karana Bava until 14:57, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:46 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:07
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. 04:20 – 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 17:23 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 18:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:42 Virgo
- 05:42 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:21 Sagittarius
- 12:21 – 14:05 Capricorn
- 14:05 – 15:36 Aquarius
- 15:36 – 17:05 Pisces
- 17:05 – 18:43 Aries
- 18:43 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:54 Gemini
- 22:54 – 01:12 next day Cancer
- 01:12 – 03:26 next day Leo
- 03:26 – 05:39 next day Virgo
- 05:39 – 06:01 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