Kolkata panchang, 27 September 2023
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 16:15 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:03 – 11:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 12:57
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:27 to 05:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:19
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:10 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:03, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:53 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:57
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:54 – 06:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:27 – 07:10
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. 03:51 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:03 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 18:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:29 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:57 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 21:57 | Good |
| Char | 21:57 – 23:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:27 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:49 Leo
- 04:49 – 06:59 Virgo
- 06:59 – 09:13 Libra
- 09:13 – 11:29 Scorpio
- 11:29 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:21 Capricorn
- 15:21 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:18 next day Gemini
- 00:18 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:45 next day Leo
- 04:45 – 05:27 next day Virgo
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