Kolkata panchang, 14 October 2023
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 04:59 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:33 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:33 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:45
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:17
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:41 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:11 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 10:23
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:41, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:41 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:33 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 10:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:17
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:33 – 16:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:23 – 05:33 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 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Char | 11:22 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:17 – 15:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:44 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:22 | Good |
| Char | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:33 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
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:14 Capricorn
- 14:14 – 15:48 Aquarius
- 15:48 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 18:59 Aries
- 18:59 – 20:58 Taurus
- 20:58 – 23:11 Gemini
- 23:11 – 01:27 next day Cancer
- 01:27 – 03:38 next day Leo
- 03:38 – 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