Kolkata panchang, 19 October 2023
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 09:43 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 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:35 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:49
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:07 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:03 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:53
- Karana Bava until 12:55, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:03 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32 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. 03:55 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:07 – 19:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 00:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:21 – 12:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:47 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:40 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:41 – 20:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:33 Virgo
- 05:33 – 07:47 Libra
- 07:47 – 10:02 Scorpio
- 10:02 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 13:55 Capricorn
- 13:55 – 15:28 Aquarius
- 15:28 – 16:59 Pisces
- 16:59 – 18:40 Aries
- 18:40 – 20:38 Taurus
- 20:38 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 01:07 next day Cancer
- 01:07 – 03:18 next day Leo
- 03:18 – 05:29 next day Virgo
- 05:29 – 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