Kolkata panchang, 29 November 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 18:28 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 16:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:24 – 12:45
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
16:49 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:57
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:54
- Karana Gara until 13:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:45
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. 04:13 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:02 – 11:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 13:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 13:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:24 | Good |
| Rog | 11:24 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:45 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:46 | Good |
| Char | 21:46 – 23:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:24 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 05:59 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