Kolkata panchang, 5 October 2023
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 21:59 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:30 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:57
- 05:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:58 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:19 to 05:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:41
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:44
- Karana Vanija until 05:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:58 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:22 – 17:26 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 19:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:39 – 05:30 next day
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 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 17:19 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:30 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:24 – 12:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:53 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:51 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:51 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:17 Leo
- 04:17 – 06:28 Virgo
- 06:28 – 08:42 Libra
- 08:42 – 10:57 Scorpio
- 10:57 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 14:50 Capricorn
- 14:50 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 17:54 Pisces
- 17:54 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:33 Taurus
- 21:33 – 23:46 Gemini
- 23:46 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 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