Prayagraj panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 08:28 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
05:16 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:39
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:42 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:02 Aries
- 05:02 – 06:59 Taurus
- 06:59 – 09:13 Gemini
- 09:13 – 11:30 Cancer
- 11:30 – 13:45 Leo
- 13:45 – 15:58 Virgo
- 15:58 – 18:14 Libra
- 18:14 – 20:31 Scorpio
- 20:31 – 22:36 Sagittarius
- 22:36 – 00:21 next day Capricorn
- 00:21 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 03:20 next day Pisces
- 03:20 – 04:58 next day Aries
- 04:58 – 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