Kolkata panchang, 3 November 2023
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 21:39 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 16:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 14:08 – 15:32
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
16:57 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 12:52
- Karana Gara until 10:25, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:23 – 12:00 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. 04:00 – 04:51
- 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 16:57 – 19:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 23:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 05:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 12:44 | Good |
| Rog | 12:44 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:08 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:32 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:44 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:20 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:31 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:34 Virgo
- 04:34 – 06:48 Libra
- 06:48 – 09:03 Scorpio
- 09:03 – 11:09 Sagittarius
- 11:09 – 12:56 Capricorn
- 12:56 – 14:29 Aquarius
- 14:29 – 16:00 Pisces
- 16:00 – 17:41 Aries
- 17:41 – 19:39 Taurus
- 19:39 – 21:52 Gemini
- 21:52 – 00:08 next day Cancer
- 00:08 – 02:19 next day Leo
- 02:19 – 04:30 next day Virgo
- 04:30 – 05:43 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