Prayagraj panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 23:04 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:38
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:16 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:21 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 06:45 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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 06:45 next day Sagittarius
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