Kolkata panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 03:00 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:03 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
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) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Char | 13:03 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:24 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:03 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:44 Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:49 Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 13:21 Aries
- 13:21 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 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