Prayagraj panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 09:13 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:34
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:12 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:34
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 06:40 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