Kolkata panchang, 13 October 2023
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 04:09 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 17:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:45
- 08:55 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:12 to 05:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 10:05
- Karana Vishti until 08:55, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:55 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:45
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 17:12 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:50 | Good |
| Rog | 12:50 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:17 – 21:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:50 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:33 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 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:56 Virgo
- 05:56 – 08:10 Libra
- 08:10 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:31 Sagittarius
- 12:31 – 14:18 Capricorn
- 14:18 – 15:52 Aquarius
- 15:52 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 03:42 next day Leo
- 03:42 – 05:33 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