Prayagraj panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:21 Chaitra month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:38
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:21 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Gara until 05:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:47 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:40 Aquarius
- 04:40 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:43 Virgo
- 18:43 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:06 next day Capricorn
- 03:06 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 05:47 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