Kolkata panchang, 16 November 2023
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 08:37 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 16:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:50 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:51 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:35
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:16 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:59
- Karana Gara until 12:35, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 02:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:21 – 12:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:43 – 14:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:06 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:29 – 20:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:44 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:21 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:57 Libra
- 05:57 – 08:12 Scorpio
- 08:12 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:05 Capricorn
- 12:05 – 13:38 Aquarius
- 13:38 – 15:09 Pisces
- 15:09 – 16:50 Aries
- 16:50 – 18:48 Taurus
- 18:48 – 21:01 Gemini
- 21:01 – 23:17 Cancer
- 23:17 – 01:28 next day Leo
- 01:28 – 03:39 next day Virgo
- 03:39 – 05:51 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