Kolkata panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 07:08 Pausha 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 17:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:48
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:09 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:48
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 09:54 Aquarius
- 09:54 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:06 Aries
- 13:06 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 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