Kolkata panchang, 1 February 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 22:56 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:16 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:10
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:31 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:23 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 14:04
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:27
- Karana Vanija until 14:04, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:31 Moon enters Libra
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:43
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:27 – 14:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:10
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 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 17:23 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 03:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:16 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:15 Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 07:02 Capricorn
- 07:02 – 08:35 Aquarius
- 08:35 – 10:06 Pisces
- 10:06 – 11:47 Aries
- 11:47 – 13:45 Taurus
- 13:45 – 15:59 Gemini
- 15:59 – 18:14 Cancer
- 18:14 – 20:26 Leo
- 20:26 – 22:36 Virgo
- 22:36 – 00:50 next day Libra
- 00:50 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:11 next day Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 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