Kolkata panchang, 2 February 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 23:49 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:00
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:23 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:03
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:56 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 12:54
- Karana Bava until 16:03, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:54 – 15:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:34 – 23:47
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:11 Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 08:31 Aquarius
- 08:31 – 10:02 Pisces
- 10:02 – 11:43 Aries
- 11:43 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 15:55 Gemini
- 15:55 – 18:10 Cancer
- 18:10 – 20:22 Leo
- 20:22 – 22:32 Virgo
- 22:32 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 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