Kolkata panchang, 31 October 2023
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 18:54 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 16:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:20 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 14:09 – 15:34
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
16:58 to 05:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:57 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 15:33
- Karana Vanija until 09:52, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:33 – 02:49 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. 03:59 – 04:50
- 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 16:58 – 19:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 21:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Char | 08:30 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 12:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:44 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:09 – 15:34 | Good |
| Rog | 15:34 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:44 – 23:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:45 Virgo
- 04:45 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 09:15 Scorpio
- 09:15 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:07 Capricorn
- 13:07 – 14:41 Aquarius
- 14:41 – 16:12 Pisces
- 16:12 – 17:53 Aries
- 17:53 – 19:51 Taurus
- 19:51 – 22:04 Gemini
- 22:04 – 00:20 next day Cancer
- 00:20 – 02:31 next day Leo
- 02:31 – 04:41 next day Virgo
- 04:41 – 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