Kolkata panchang, 31 January 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 22:05 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:13
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:22 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 11:36
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:40
- Karana Taitila until 11:36, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:13
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. 04:33 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 01:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:07 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:06 Capricorn
- 07:06 – 08:39 Aquarius
- 08:39 – 10:10 Pisces
- 10:10 – 11:51 Aries
- 11:51 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:03 Gemini
- 16:03 – 18:18 Cancer
- 18:18 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 22:40 Virgo
- 22:40 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:10 next day Scorpio
- 03:10 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 06:16 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