Kolkata panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 07:34 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 16:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:43
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:51 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:00 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:07
- Karana Kaulava until 13:47, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:43
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. 04:06 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:49 – 13:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:00 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:43 | Good |
| Char | 21:43 – 23:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:21 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 06:01 Libra
- 06:01 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 13:42 Aquarius
- 13:42 – 15:13 Pisces
- 15:13 – 16:54 Aries
- 16:54 – 18:52 Taurus
- 18:52 – 21:05 Gemini
- 21:05 – 23:21 Cancer
- 23:21 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 03:42 next day Virgo
- 03:42 – 05:50 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