Kolkata panchang, 30 October 2023
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 18:06 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 16:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:05 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:44 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta 13:58 – 14:43
- 10:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:59 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:58 – 14:43
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. 03:59 – 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 16:59 – 19:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:00 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:30 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:20 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:59 | Good |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:45 – 23:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:49 Virgo
- 04:49 – 07:03 Libra
- 07:03 – 09:19 Scorpio
- 09:19 – 11:24 Sagittarius
- 11:24 – 13:11 Capricorn
- 13:11 – 14:45 Aquarius
- 14:45 – 16:16 Pisces
- 16:16 – 17:57 Aries
- 17:57 – 19:55 Taurus
- 19:55 – 22:08 Gemini
- 22:08 – 00:24 next day Cancer
- 00:24 – 02:35 next day Leo
- 02:35 – 04:45 next day Virgo
- 04:45 – 05:41 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