Kolkata panchang, 15 October 2023
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 05:51 Ashwin 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 17:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:45
- Yamaganda 11:22 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta 15:37 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:43 – 17:10
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:10 to 05:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:12 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:23
- Karana Kimstughna until 12:02, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:37 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 17:10
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 – 04:44
- 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 17:10 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:43 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:43 – 20:16 | Good |
| Char | 20:16 – 21:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:49 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:34 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 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 08:02 Libra
- 08:02 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:23 Sagittarius
- 12:23 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 15:44 Aquarius
- 15:44 – 17:15 Pisces
- 17:15 – 18:55 Aries
- 18:55 – 20:54 Taurus
- 20:54 – 23:07 Gemini
- 23:07 – 01:23 next day Cancer
- 01:23 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 05:34 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