Kolkata panchang, 23 October 2023
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 13:26 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:46 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:46
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:04 to 05:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 18:52
- Karana Balava until 06:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:46 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:52 – 21:16
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 17:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 17:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:29 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:20 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Char | 12:46 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:38 – 17:04 | Good |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:12 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:46 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:17 Virgo
- 05:17 – 07:31 Libra
- 07:31 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 11:52 Sagittarius
- 11:52 – 13:39 Capricorn
- 13:39 – 15:12 Aquarius
- 15:12 – 16:43 Pisces
- 16:43 – 18:24 Aries
- 18:24 – 20:22 Taurus
- 20:22 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:51 next day Cancer
- 00:51 – 03:03 next day Leo
- 03:03 – 05:13 next day Virgo
- 05:13 – 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