Kolkata panchang, 26 October 2023
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 15:26 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:45
- 05:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:02 to 05:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:44
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:49
- Karana Balava until 09:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:49 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:45
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 – 04:48
- 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 17:02 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:04 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:20 – 12:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:45 – 14:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:11 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:36 – 20:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:46 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:05 Virgo
- 05:05 – 07:19 Libra
- 07:19 – 09:35 Scorpio
- 09:35 – 11:40 Sagittarius
- 11:40 – 13:27 Capricorn
- 13:27 – 15:01 Aquarius
- 15:01 – 16:32 Pisces
- 16:32 – 18:12 Aries
- 18:12 – 20:11 Taurus
- 20:11 – 22:24 Gemini
- 22:24 – 00:40 next day Cancer
- 00:40 – 02:51 next day Leo
- 02:51 – 05:01 next day Virgo
- 05:01 – 05:39 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