Prayagraj panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 09:37 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 16:01
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:42 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 16:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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. 03:51 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:01 – 21:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:58 Aries
- 04:58 – 06:55 Taurus
- 06:55 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:41 Leo
- 13:41 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 18:10 Libra
- 18:10 – 20:27 Scorpio
- 20:27 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 03:16 next day Pisces
- 03:16 – 04:54 next day Aries
- 04:54 – 05:15 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