Kolkata panchang, 29 October 2023
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 17:22 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 17:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 14:10 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:35 – 17:00
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:00 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 05:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:00
- Karana Balava until 12:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 17:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:00 – 17:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:54 – 04:41 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. 03:58 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 05:54
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:30 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:45 – 14:10 | Good |
| Rog | 14:10 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:10 | Good |
| Char | 20:10 – 21:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:45 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:53 Virgo
- 04:53 – 07:07 Libra
- 07:07 – 09:23 Scorpio
- 09:23 – 11:28 Sagittarius
- 11:28 – 13:15 Capricorn
- 13:15 – 14:49 Aquarius
- 14:49 – 16:20 Pisces
- 16:20 – 18:00 Aries
- 18:00 – 19:59 Taurus
- 19:59 – 22:12 Gemini
- 22:12 – 00:28 next day Cancer
- 00:28 – 02:39 next day Leo
- 02:39 – 04:49 next day Virgo
- 04:49 – 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