Kolkata panchang, 7 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 02:01 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 14:24 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:06
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 04:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:50, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 22:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:09 – 22:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:08 – 06:19 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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:03 – 14:24 | Good |
| Rog | 14:24 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:24 | Good |
| Char | 20:24 – 22:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:03 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:48 Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:19 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