Prayagraj panchang, 20 October 2023
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 11:20 Ashwin month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:04
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:30 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:04
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. 04:23 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:13 Libra
- 08:13 – 10:31 Scorpio
- 10:31 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 18:57 Aries
- 18:57 – 20:54 Taurus
- 20:54 – 23:08 Gemini
- 23:08 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 03:40 next day Leo
- 03:40 – 05:53 next day Virgo
- 05:53 – 06:04 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