Prayagraj panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:53 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:35
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:02
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:35
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 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