Kolkata panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 08:41 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:48
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:08 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:48
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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:35 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:51 Libra
- 07:51 – 10:06 Scorpio
- 10:06 – 12:12 Sagittarius
- 12:12 – 13:59 Capricorn
- 13:59 – 15:32 Aquarius
- 15:32 – 17:03 Pisces
- 17:03 – 18:44 Aries
- 18:44 – 20:42 Taurus
- 20:42 – 22:55 Gemini
- 22:55 – 01:11 next day Cancer
- 01:11 – 03:22 next day Leo
- 03:22 – 05:33 next day Virgo
- 05:33 – 05:35 next day Libra
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