Kolkata panchang, 3 February 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:24 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:37
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:24 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:21
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:20 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 12:51
- Karana Kaulava until 17:21, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:04 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:37
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 17:24 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:15 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 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:07 Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:54 Capricorn
- 06:54 – 08:27 Aquarius
- 08:27 – 09:58 Pisces
- 09:58 – 11:39 Aries
- 11:39 – 13:37 Taurus
- 13:37 – 15:51 Gemini
- 15:51 – 18:06 Cancer
- 18:06 – 20:18 Leo
- 20:18 – 22:28 Virgo
- 22:28 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:15 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