Kolkata panchang, 7 October 2023
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 23:49 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 17:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:30 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:30 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:21
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:17 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:08
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:08, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:30 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:21
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. 03:53 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:08 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:30 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Char | 11:24 – 12:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:52 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:24 | Good |
| Char | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:31 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 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:10 Leo
- 04:10 – 06:20 Virgo
- 06:20 – 08:34 Libra
- 08:34 – 10:50 Scorpio
- 10:50 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 14:42 Capricorn
- 14:42 – 16:15 Aquarius
- 16:15 – 17:46 Pisces
- 17:46 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:25 Taurus
- 21:25 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 05:31 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