Prayagraj panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 06:13 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 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 16:00
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 05:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 16:00
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 – 04:34
- 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 18:41 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:21 Gemini
- 09:21 – 11:38 Cancer
- 11:38 – 13:52 Leo
- 13:52 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 18:22 Libra
- 18:22 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:44 Sagittarius
- 22:44 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 03:27 next day Pisces
- 03:27 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 05:16 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