Prayagraj panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:29 Magha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:34
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:37 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:50 – 13:58
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. 05:04 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 06:50 next day Capricorn
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