Prayagraj panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 04:24 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:18 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:18 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:19
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:40 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:18 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:19
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. 03:53 – 04:35
- 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 18:40 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:18 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:40 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:17 Aries
- 05:17 – 07:14 Taurus
- 07:14 – 09:28 Gemini
- 09:28 – 11:46 Cancer
- 11:46 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:13 Virgo
- 16:13 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:35 next day Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:13 next day Aries
- 05:13 – 05:17 next day Taurus
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