Kolkata panchang, 19 November 2023
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 11:24 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 11:21 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:50
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:50 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:23
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:27
- Karana Taitila until 07:23, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:07 – 16:19 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:42 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:43 – 02:42 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. 04:08 – 05:00
- 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 16:50 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Rog | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Char | 20:06 – 21:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:44 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:22 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:45 Libra
- 05:45 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:06 Sagittarius
- 10:06 – 11:53 Capricorn
- 11:53 – 13:26 Aquarius
- 13:26 – 14:57 Pisces
- 14:57 – 16:38 Aries
- 16:38 – 18:36 Taurus
- 18:36 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:17 next day Leo
- 01:17 – 03:27 next day Virgo
- 03:27 – 05:41 next day Libra
- 05:41 – 05:53 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