Prayagraj panchang, 8 November 2023
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 01:36 Ashwin month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:08
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:16 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:23
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 16:10
- Karana Vishti until 08:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:08 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:10 – 16:47 next day
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. 04:31 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:42 Virgo
- 04:42 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 09:16 Scorpio
- 09:16 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 16:04 Pisces
- 16:04 – 17:42 Aries
- 17:42 – 19:39 Taurus
- 19:39 – 21:53 Gemini
- 21:53 – 00:11 next day Cancer
- 00:11 – 02:25 next day Leo
- 02:25 – 04:38 next day Virgo
- 04:38 – 06:16 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