Prayagraj panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 00:45 Vaishakha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:39
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:40 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:03 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 16:36
- Karana Kaulava until 05:27, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:32 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. 03:52 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:54 Leo
- 13:54 – 16:07 Virgo
- 16:07 – 18:24 Libra
- 18:24 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 00:30 next day Capricorn
- 00:30 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:29 next day Pisces
- 03:29 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:17 next day Taurus
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