Kolkata panchang, 23 November 2023
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 14:01 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 10:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
16:50 to 05:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:02 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 17:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 11:53
- Karana Vanija until 10:02, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:02 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:02 – 21:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 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. 04:10 – 05:02
- 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 05:55 – 17:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:16 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:28 – 20:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:44 – 23:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:23 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:29 Libra
- 05:29 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:50 Sagittarius
- 09:50 – 11:37 Capricorn
- 11:37 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 01:01 next day Leo
- 01:01 – 03:11 next day Virgo
- 03:11 – 05:25 next day Libra
- 05:25 – 05:55 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