Kolkata panchang, 4 November 2023
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 22:34 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 16:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 12:44 – 14:08
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
16:56 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 07:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:02
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:23 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:08
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. 04:01 – 04:52
- 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 16:56 – 19:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 07:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:31 | Good |
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Char | 11:19 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:08 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:32 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:30 Virgo
- 04:30 – 06:44 Libra
- 06:44 – 08:59 Scorpio
- 08:59 – 11:05 Sagittarius
- 11:05 – 12:52 Capricorn
- 12:52 – 14:25 Aquarius
- 14:25 – 15:56 Pisces
- 15:56 – 17:37 Aries
- 17:37 – 19:35 Taurus
- 19:35 – 21:49 Gemini
- 21:49 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 02:16 next day Leo
- 02:16 – 04:26 next day Virgo
- 04:26 – 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