Kolkata panchang, 12 November 2023
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 04:36 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 16:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:06 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:08
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:52
- 14:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
16:52 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:45
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:23
- Karana Shakuni until 14:45, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:51 – 05:48 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. 04:04 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:43 – 14:06 | Good |
| Rog | 14:06 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:29 – 20:06 | Good |
| Char | 20:06 – 21:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:43 – 23:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:20 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:57 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:12 Libra
- 06:12 – 08:28 Scorpio
- 08:28 – 10:33 Sagittarius
- 10:33 – 12:20 Capricorn
- 12:20 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 15:25 Pisces
- 15:25 – 17:05 Aries
- 17:05 – 19:04 Taurus
- 19:04 – 21:17 Gemini
- 21:17 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 05:48 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