Kolkata panchang, 4 October 2023
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 21:06 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 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:25 – 12:54
- 05:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:20 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:42
- Karana Taitila until 05:33, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 05:44 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:54
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 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 18:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:29 – 05:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:29 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:21 Leo
- 04:21 – 06:31 Virgo
- 06:31 – 08:46 Libra
- 08:46 – 11:01 Scorpio
- 11:01 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:39 Aries
- 19:39 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:50 Gemini
- 23:50 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 05:30 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