Prayagraj panchang, 9 December 2023
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 02:53 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:33
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:11 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 07:13 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:36
- Karana Kaulava until 18:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 02:00 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 10:43
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. 04:50 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:43 – 06:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:38 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 04:57 Libra
- 04:57 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 06:38 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