Prayagraj panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 00:18 Kartika month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:12
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:11 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:12
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:09 Libra
- 05:09 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:35 next day Leo
- 00:35 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 06:36 next day Scorpio
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