Kolkata panchang, 17 November 2023
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 09:38 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 14:06 – 15:28
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:51 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:03
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:17 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:35
- Karana Vishti until 11:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:35 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 07:24 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. 04:07 – 04:59
- 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 01:17 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:44 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:21 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:53 Libra
- 05:53 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:14 Sagittarius
- 10:14 – 12:01 Capricorn
- 12:01 – 13:34 Aquarius
- 13:34 – 15:05 Pisces
- 15:05 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:44 Taurus
- 18:44 – 20:57 Gemini
- 20:57 – 23:13 Cancer
- 23:13 – 01:24 next day Leo
- 01:24 – 03:35 next day Virgo
- 03:35 – 05:49 next day Libra
- 05:49 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
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