Kolkata panchang, 8 October 2023
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:16 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Yamaganda 11:24 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 14:20 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:42 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:16
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:16 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 06:02
- Karana Gara until 10:13, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:42 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:23 – 12:37 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. 03:53 – 04:42
- 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 17:16 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:31 – 02:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:24 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:20 | Good |
| Rog | 14:20 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 21:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:52 – 23:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:06 Leo
- 04:06 – 06:16 Virgo
- 06:16 – 08:30 Libra
- 08:30 – 10:46 Scorpio
- 10:46 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 14:38 Capricorn
- 14:38 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 04:02 next day Leo
- 04:02 – 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