Prayagraj panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 05:14 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:40
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:40 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:40
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. 03:52 – 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
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:42 Cancer
- 11:42 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 18:26 Libra
- 18:26 – 20:43 Scorpio
- 20:43 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:03 next day Aquarius
- 02:03 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 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