Prayagraj panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:01 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:54
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:54
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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:41 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:42 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