Kolkata panchang, 29 September 2023
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 17:33 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:57 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:55
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:25 to 05:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:27
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:18 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:02
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:09 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:28 – 06:05
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 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:02 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:27 – 05:28 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:18 – 05:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:18 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 06:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 21:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:56 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:27 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:41 Leo
- 04:41 – 06:51 Virgo
- 06:51 – 09:05 Libra
- 09:05 – 11:21 Scorpio
- 11:21 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 16:47 Aquarius
- 16:47 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:26 next day Cancer
- 02:26 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 05:28 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