Prayagraj panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 04:35 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:51
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:24 to 05:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:51
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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:37 Pisces
- 05:37 – 07:15 Aries
- 07:15 – 09:12 Taurus
- 09:12 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:28 Libra
- 20:28 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:33 next day Pisces
- 05:33 – 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