Kolkata panchang, 25 November 2023
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 15:15 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:45
- Yamaganda 12:44 – 14:06
- 06:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:23 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
16:50 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:22
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:23
- Karana Kaulava until 06:13, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:23 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:52 – 14:44 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. 04:11 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:45
- 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 14:55 – 05:57 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:22 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Char | 11:23 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:23 | Good |
| Char | 23:23 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:37 Scorpio
- 07:37 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:13 Taurus
- 18:13 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 03:03 next day Virgo
- 03:03 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 05:57 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