Prayagraj panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 23:50 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:26
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:23 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:50 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