Kolkata panchang, 20 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 12:34 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 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:31
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:15 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 11:05
- Karana Taitila until 07:36, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
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 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:31
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 03:09 – 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. 04:35 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 03:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:09 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 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
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 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)
- 04:35 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 09:22 Aquarius
- 09:22 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:34 Aries
- 12:34 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:46 Gemini
- 16:46 – 19:01 Cancer
- 19:01 – 21:13 Leo
- 21:13 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 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