Prayagraj panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 11:38 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:39
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:39 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:41
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:25 – 07:37
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. 03:53 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:30 Gemini
- 09:30 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:37 next day Pisces
- 03:37 – 05:15 next day Aries
- 05:15 – 05:18 next day Taurus
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