Kolkata panchang, 11 October 2023
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 02:29 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:23 – 12:51
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:14 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 08:41
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:51
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 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:32 – 17:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:51 | Good |
| Char | 21:51 – 23:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 03:54 Leo
- 03:54 – 06:04 Virgo
- 06:04 – 08:18 Libra
- 08:18 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:39 Sagittarius
- 12:39 – 14:26 Capricorn
- 14:26 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:10 Taurus
- 21:10 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:39 next day Cancer
- 01:39 – 03:50 next day Leo
- 03:50 – 05:32 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