Prayagraj panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 14:29 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:16 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 06:45 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