Prayagraj panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 09:18 Ashadha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:31
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:53 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:24 next day
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. 03:59 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:24 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 05:21 Gemini
- 05:21 – 07:39 Cancer
- 07:39 – 09:53 Leo
- 09:53 – 12:06 Virgo
- 12:06 – 14:22 Libra
- 14:22 – 16:39 Scorpio
- 16:39 – 18:44 Sagittarius
- 18:44 – 20:29 Capricorn
- 20:29 – 21:59 Aquarius
- 21:59 – 23:28 Pisces
- 23:28 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:17 next day Gemini
- 05:17 – 05:24 next day Cancer
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