Prayagraj panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 15:18 Ashwin month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:11
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:26 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:32
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:16
- Karana Vishti until 12:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:11
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. 04:25 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 13:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:32 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:54 Libra
- 07:54 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 16:59 Pisces
- 16:59 – 18:37 Aries
- 18:37 – 20:35 Taurus
- 20:35 – 22:48 Gemini
- 22:48 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 03:20 next day Leo
- 03:20 – 05:33 next day Virgo
- 05:33 – 06:07 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