Prayagraj panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 08:30 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:50
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 05:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:50
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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:18 Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 20:08 Libra
- 20:08 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:45 next day Aquarius
- 03:45 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 05:34 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