Prayagraj panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 05:33 Phalguna month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:41
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:11 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:08 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. 04:34 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:22 Libra
- 22:22 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 06:08 next day Pisces
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