Prayagraj panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:30 Chaitra month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:36 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:14
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:27 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 06:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:04 – 05:35 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. 04:07 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:40 Leo
- 15:40 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:35 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