Prayagraj panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 19:50 Shravana 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 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:39 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:40 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:44 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)
- 04:10 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:37 Leo
- 07:37 – 09:50 Virgo
- 09:50 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:13 Capricorn
- 18:13 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 05:40 next day Leo
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