Kolkata panchang, 12 October 2023
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 03:19 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 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:32 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam 12:50 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:53
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:13 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 09:29
- Karana Gara until 06:48, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:33 – 08:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:36 – 05:32 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. 03:54 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:13 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:23 – 12:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:50 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:45 – 20:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:50 – 23:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:30 Scorpio
- 10:30 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:22 Capricorn
- 14:22 – 15:56 Aquarius
- 15:56 – 17:27 Pisces
- 17:27 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:06 Taurus
- 21:06 – 23:19 Gemini
- 23:19 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:46 next day Leo
- 03:46 – 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