Prayagraj panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 08:58 Shravana month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:36
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:36
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:09 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:37 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:45 Cancer
- 05:45 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 10:12 Virgo
- 10:12 – 12:28 Libra
- 12:28 – 14:45 Scorpio
- 14:45 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:12 Aries
- 23:12 – 01:09 next day Taurus
- 01:09 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:37 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