Prayagraj panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 21:33 Chaitra month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:38
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:24 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:38
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) 11:37 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:40 – 05:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:39 next day Aries
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