Kolkata panchang, 30 September 2023
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 18:11 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:50
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:25
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:24 to 05:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:08 Moon enters Aries
- 22:58 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:08 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:08 Moon enters Aries
- 22:58 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:26 – 20:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:28 – 21:08
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. 03:52 – 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 17:24 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:57 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Char | 11:26 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:26 | Good |
| Char | 23:26 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:37 Leo
- 04:37 – 06:47 Virgo
- 06:47 – 09:01 Libra
- 09:01 – 11:17 Scorpio
- 11:17 – 13:22 Sagittarius
- 13:22 – 15:09 Capricorn
- 15:09 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:06 next day Gemini
- 00:06 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 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