Kolkata panchang, 24 November 2023
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 14:37 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 14:06 – 15:28
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:50 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:04
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 19:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:04 – 06:23 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
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. 04:11 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:55 – 16:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 16:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:00 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Rog | 12:44 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:45 – 23:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:23 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:01 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:25 Libra
- 05:25 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 14:38 Pisces
- 14:38 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:30 Gemini
- 20:30 – 22:46 Cancer
- 22:46 – 00:57 next day Leo
- 00:57 – 03:07 next day Virgo
- 03:07 – 05:21 next day Libra
- 05:21 – 05:56 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