Prayagraj panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:55 Magha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:41
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:41
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. 04:56 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:31 Pisces
- 09:31 – 11:09 Aries
- 11:09 – 13:06 Taurus
- 13:06 – 15:20 Gemini
- 15:20 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 22:05 Virgo
- 22:05 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:37 next day Aquarius
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