Prayagraj panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 12:29 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:55
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:14 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:55
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:44 next day
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 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:44 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 06:44 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