Prayagraj panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 05:22 Bhadrapada month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:20
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:47 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 03:21 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:59, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
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. 04:19 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:22 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:52 Leo
- 04:52 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 09:21 Libra
- 09:21 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:43 Sagittarius
- 13:43 – 15:28 Capricorn
- 15:28 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 18:27 Pisces
- 18:27 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:48 next day Leo
- 04:48 – 05:56 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