Kolkata panchang, 9 October 2023
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 00:44 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:55
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:16 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:37
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:44 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 06:50
- Karana Vishti until 12:37, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:23 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:55
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:31 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:23 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:19 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:20 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:02 Leo
- 04:02 – 06:12 Virgo
- 06:12 – 08:26 Libra
- 08:26 – 10:42 Scorpio
- 10:42 – 12:47 Sagittarius
- 12:47 – 14:34 Capricorn
- 14:34 – 16:07 Aquarius
- 16:07 – 17:38 Pisces
- 17:38 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 03:58 next day Leo
- 03:58 – 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