Kolkata panchang, 17 October 2023
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 07:41 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:45
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 14:15 – 15:42
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:19 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:09 to 05:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:31 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 09:21
- Karana Taitila until 13:23, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:31 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:42
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. 03:55 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 01:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:31 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 12:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:48 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:42 | Good |
| Rog | 15:42 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:48 – 23:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:40 Virgo
- 05:40 – 07:55 Libra
- 07:55 – 10:10 Scorpio
- 10:10 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:02 Capricorn
- 14:02 – 15:36 Aquarius
- 15:36 – 17:07 Pisces
- 17:07 – 18:48 Aries
- 18:48 – 20:46 Taurus
- 20:46 – 22:59 Gemini
- 22:59 – 01:15 next day Cancer
- 01:15 – 03:26 next day Leo
- 03:26 – 05:35 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