Prayagraj panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 13:47 Chaitra month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:52
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:26 to 05:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 00:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:52
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:26 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 17:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 05:37 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