Prayagraj panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 11:38 Magha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:06
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:56 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 13:43
- Karana Bava until 08:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 12:38 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:16 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:46 – 06:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 06:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:46 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:16 Gemini
- 15:16 – 17:34 Cancer
- 17:34 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:35 next day Scorpio
- 02:35 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:24 next day Capricorn
- 06:24 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
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