Kolkata panchang, 8 November 2023
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 01:11 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 16:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:43
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
16:54 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:23
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 16:10
- Karana Vishti until 08:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:08 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:10 – 16:47 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. 04:02 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 16:54 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:43 | Good |
| Char | 21:43 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 04:14 Virgo
- 04:14 – 06:28 Libra
- 06:28 – 08:44 Scorpio
- 08:44 – 10:49 Sagittarius
- 10:49 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:09 Aquarius
- 14:09 – 15:41 Pisces
- 15:41 – 17:21 Aries
- 17:21 – 19:20 Taurus
- 19:20 – 21:33 Gemini
- 21:33 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 02:00 next day Leo
- 02:00 – 04:10 next day Virgo
- 04:10 – 05:46 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