Prayagraj panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 11:58 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:08
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:14 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:08
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. 04:55 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:55 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 06:43 next day Sagittarius
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