Prayagraj panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 18:31 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:13
Night
17:19 to 06:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:19, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 next day
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. 05:00 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:00 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:48 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 06:48 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