Kolkata panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:49 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:46
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:02 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:32
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:16
- Karana Vishti until 12:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:46
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:02 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 13:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:32 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:46 | Good |
| Char | 21:46 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:09 Virgo
- 05:09 – 07:23 Libra
- 07:23 – 09:39 Scorpio
- 09:39 – 11:44 Sagittarius
- 11:44 – 13:31 Capricorn
- 13:31 – 15:04 Aquarius
- 15:04 – 16:36 Pisces
- 16:36 – 18:16 Aries
- 18:16 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:28 Gemini
- 22:28 – 00:44 next day Cancer
- 00:44 – 02:55 next day Leo
- 02:55 – 05:05 next day Virgo
- 05:05 – 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