Prayagraj panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 09:48 Pausha month
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.44°, 81.84° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:19
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:15 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:45 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. 04:56 – 05:50
- 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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 06:45 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