Prayagraj panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 21:20 Magha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:42
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:02 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:19 Taurus
- 12:19 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:27 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