Prayagraj panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 11:07 Ashwin month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:07
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:02 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:22 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:33 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:02 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:40 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:07 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:07 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:40 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:03 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:12 Virgo
- 06:12 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 16:05 Aquarius
- 16:05 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 19:12 Aries
- 19:12 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 06:03 next day Virgo
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