Kolkata panchang, 23 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 15:05 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 17:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:55
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:17 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:39
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:26 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 08:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:04 – 07:39 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:55
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) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 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
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:13 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 – 05:50 Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 07:37 Capricorn
- 07:37 – 09:11 Aquarius
- 09:11 – 10:42 Pisces
- 10:42 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:34 Gemini
- 16:34 – 18:50 Cancer
- 18:50 – 21:01 Leo
- 21:01 – 23:11 Virgo
- 23:11 – 01:25 next day Libra
- 01:25 – 03:41 next day Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:46 next day Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 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