Kolkata panchang, 2 October 2023
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 19:32 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:56 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:55 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:59
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:22 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 10:28
- Karana Vishti until 07:36, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:28 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:59
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 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:25 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:24 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:55 – 23:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:26 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:29 Leo
- 04:29 – 06:39 Virgo
- 06:39 – 08:53 Libra
- 08:53 – 11:09 Scorpio
- 11:09 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:35 Aquarius
- 16:35 – 18:06 Pisces
- 18:06 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:45 Taurus
- 21:45 – 23:58 Gemini
- 23:58 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:25 next day Leo
- 04:25 – 05:29 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