Prayagraj panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 12:53 Chaitra month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:38
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:25 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:22 Libra
- 20:22 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 05:38 next day Aries
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