Prayagraj panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 17:37 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:11
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:17 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 01:47 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:46 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:46 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