Prayagraj panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 16:09 Shravana month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:28 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:40 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 05:41 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. 04:11 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 09:40 Virgo
- 09:40 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:18 Sagittarius
- 16:18 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:34 Aquarius
- 19:34 – 21:02 Pisces
- 21:02 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 05:41 next day Leo
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