Kolkata panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 12:08 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 10:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:19 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:50 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:26 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:34
- Karana Vishti until 16:19, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:07 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 – 00:10 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 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 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
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:41 Libra
- 05:41 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 11:49 Capricorn
- 11:49 – 13:22 Aquarius
- 13:22 – 14:53 Pisces
- 14:53 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:46 Gemini
- 20:46 – 23:01 Cancer
- 23:01 – 01:13 next day Leo
- 01:13 – 03:23 next day Virgo
- 03:23 – 05:37 next day Libra
- 05:37 – 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