Kolkata panchang, 22 October 2023
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 12:37 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 17:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam 15:39 – 17:05
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:05 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:52
- Karana Vishti until 08:59, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:05
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:52 – 23:52
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. 03:56 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 18:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:44 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:39 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 21:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:03 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:21 Virgo
- 05:21 – 07:35 Libra
- 07:35 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 13:43 Capricorn
- 13:43 – 15:16 Aquarius
- 15:16 – 16:47 Pisces
- 16:47 – 18:28 Aries
- 18:28 – 20:26 Taurus
- 20:26 – 22:40 Gemini
- 22:40 – 00:55 next day Cancer
- 00:55 – 03:07 next day Leo
- 03:07 – 05:17 next day Virgo
- 05:17 – 05:37 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