Kolkata panchang, 16 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 10:02 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 17:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:50
- 13:04 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:38 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 20:00
- Karana Kaulava until 13:04, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:10 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:50
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) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 04:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 04:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 04:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 11:09 Pisces
- 11:09 – 12:50 Aries
- 12:50 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:02 Gemini
- 17:02 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:09 next day Scorpio
- 04:09 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
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