Kolkata panchang, 27 January 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 18:47 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:34
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:01 Moon enters Leo
- 14:26 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:37 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:08
- Karana Taitila until 14:26, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:01 Moon enters Leo
- 14:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:34
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:21 Capricorn
- 07:21 – 08:55 Aquarius
- 08:55 – 10:26 Pisces
- 10:26 – 12:07 Aries
- 12:07 – 14:05 Taurus
- 14:05 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 18:34 Cancer
- 18:34 – 20:45 Leo
- 20:45 – 22:55 Virgo
- 22:55 – 01:10 next day Libra
- 01:10 – 03:25 next day Scorpio
- 03:25 – 05:31 next day Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 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