Kolkata panchang, 24 January 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 16:02 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 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:10
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 07:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:17 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:46 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:39
- Karana Gara until 09:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 07:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:46 next day Moon enters Cancer
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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:39 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:46 – 10:34 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:31 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:18 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 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 07:33 Capricorn
- 07:33 – 09:07 Aquarius
- 09:07 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:46 Cancer
- 18:46 – 20:57 Leo
- 20:57 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 06:18 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