Kolkata panchang, 13 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 08:00 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 17:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:27
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:10 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 10:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:27
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) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 12:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:21 Pisces
- 11:21 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 21:40 Leo
- 21:40 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 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