Kolkata panchang, 28 October 2023
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 16:41 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:39 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:39 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 12:45 – 14:10
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:31 Moon enters Aries
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:00 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 22:51
- Karana Vishti until 15:03, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:31 Moon enters Aries
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:17 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:39 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:39 – 07:31
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. 03:58 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 07:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:29 | Good |
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 12:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:45 – 14:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:10 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:57 Virgo
- 04:57 – 07:11 Libra
- 07:11 – 09:27 Scorpio
- 09:27 – 11:32 Sagittarius
- 11:32 – 13:19 Capricorn
- 13:19 – 14:53 Aquarius
- 14:53 – 16:24 Pisces
- 16:24 – 18:04 Aries
- 18:04 – 20:03 Taurus
- 20:03 – 22:16 Gemini
- 22:16 – 00:32 next day Cancer
- 00:32 – 02:43 next day Leo
- 02:43 – 04:53 next day Virgo
- 04:53 – 05:40 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