Prayagraj panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 13:37 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 15:57
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:16 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:17
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 11:10
- Karana Gara until 08:17, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:57
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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 21:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 21:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:17 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:45 next day Sagittarius
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