Prayagraj panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 06:49 Margashirsha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:36
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:14 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:36
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 06:43 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