Prayagraj panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 18:20 Bhadrapada month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:02 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 04:16 – 05:03
- 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 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:11 next day Gemini
- 01:11 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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