Kolkata panchang, 5 November 2023
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 23:29 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 11:19 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 14:08 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 16:56
- 10:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:56 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 03:18 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:29 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 13:35
- Karana Balava until 14:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:56
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 – 19:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 10:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:44 – 14:08 | Good |
| Rog | 14:08 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:32 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 21:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:44 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:20 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:44 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 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:26 Virgo
- 04:26 – 06:40 Libra
- 06:40 – 08:56 Scorpio
- 08:56 – 11:01 Sagittarius
- 11:01 – 12:48 Capricorn
- 12:48 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 15:52 Pisces
- 15:52 – 17:33 Aries
- 17:33 – 19:31 Taurus
- 19:31 – 21:45 Gemini
- 21:45 – 00:00 next day Cancer
- 00:00 – 02:12 next day Leo
- 02:12 – 04:22 next day Virgo
- 04:22 – 05:44 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