Prayagraj panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 06:52 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:14
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:11 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:14
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:38 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 04:56 Libra
- 04:56 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
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