Prayagraj panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 05:51 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:14
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:25 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:14
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:25 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:42 next day Sagittarius
- 00:42 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 05:37 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