Kolkata panchang, 26 November 2023
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 15:57 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:45
- Yamaganda 11:23 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:50
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:50 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:05 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 01:36 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:53, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:55 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:50
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:57 – 14:05
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. 04:12 – 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 05:57 – 14:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:23 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:45 – 14:06 | Good |
| Rog | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Char | 20:06 – 21:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:45 – 23:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:23 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:17 Libra
- 05:17 – 07:33 Scorpio
- 07:33 – 09:38 Sagittarius
- 09:38 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 05:13 next day Libra
- 05:13 – 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