Prayagraj panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 08:35 Bhadrapada month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:29 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:59 Libra
- 11:59 – 14:16 Scorpio
- 14:16 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 18:05 Capricorn
- 18:05 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:04 Pisces
- 21:04 – 22:42 Aries
- 22:42 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:53 next day Gemini
- 02:53 – 05:11 next day Cancer
- 05:11 – 05:41 next day Leo
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