Prayagraj panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:35 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:56
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:35 to 05:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:56
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. 03:56 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:22 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:22 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:22 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:11 Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:45 Virgo
- 16:45 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:22 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