Kolkata panchang, 24 October 2023
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 14:09 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 17:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:20 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:37
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:03 to 05:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 15:39
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 15:27
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:27 – 05:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:12 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:14 – 05:09 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. 03:57 – 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 17:03 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 15:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:26 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:03 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Char | 08:29 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 12:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:46 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:37 | Good |
| Rog | 15:37 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:46 – 23:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:03 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:13 Virgo
- 05:13 – 07:27 Libra
- 07:27 – 09:43 Scorpio
- 09:43 – 11:48 Sagittarius
- 11:48 – 13:35 Capricorn
- 13:35 – 15:08 Aquarius
- 15:08 – 16:40 Pisces
- 16:40 – 18:20 Aries
- 18:20 – 20:18 Taurus
- 20:18 – 22:32 Gemini
- 22:32 – 00:47 next day Cancer
- 00:47 – 02:59 next day Leo
- 02:59 – 05:09 next day Virgo
- 05:09 – 05:38 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