Kolkata panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 14:11 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 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:05
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:16 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 08:46
- Karana Bava until 07:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:05
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) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 04:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 04:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:54 Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 07:41 Capricorn
- 07:41 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 10:46 Pisces
- 10:46 – 12:26 Aries
- 12:26 – 14:25 Taurus
- 14:25 – 16:38 Gemini
- 16:38 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 21:05 Leo
- 21:05 – 23:15 Virgo
- 23:15 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:45 next day Scorpio
- 03:45 – 05:50 next day Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 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