Prayagraj panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 02:00 Kartika month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:52
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:11 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:52
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:07 Capricorn
- 11:07 – 12:38 Aquarius
- 12:38 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 06:37 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