Prayagraj panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 14:29 Ashwin month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:12
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:29 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:05 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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. 04:24 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:29 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:12 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:38 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:03 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:21 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:56 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 08:09 Libra
- 08:09 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 15:46 Aquarius
- 15:46 – 17:14 Pisces
- 17:14 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Cancer
- 01:21 – 03:35 next day Leo
- 03:35 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 06:05 next day Libra
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