Kolkata panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:54
- 06:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:39
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:54
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:01 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:43 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:43 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:02 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
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