Kolkata panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 13:20 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:15
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:15 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:52 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 09:46
- Karana Vanija until 07:24, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:15
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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:18 Aquarius
- 09:18 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 12:30 Aries
- 12:30 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 18:58 Cancer
- 18:58 – 21:09 Leo
- 21:09 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 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