Kolkata panchang, 21 November 2023
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 12:48 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- 14:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 01:10 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:01 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:40
- Karana Balava until 14:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 20:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:01 – 05:54 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. 04:09 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:01 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Char | 08:38 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:44 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:44 – 23:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:37 Libra
- 05:37 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 09:58 Sagittarius
- 09:58 – 11:45 Capricorn
- 11:45 – 13:18 Aquarius
- 13:18 – 14:49 Pisces
- 14:49 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:42 Gemini
- 20:42 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 01:09 next day Leo
- 01:09 – 03:19 next day Virgo
- 03:19 – 05:33 next day Libra
- 05:33 – 05:54 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