Kolkata panchang, 4 February 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 00:45 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:25
- 07:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:25 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:12
- Karana Gara until 17:50, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:25
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 07:20
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 06:15 next day
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. 04:32 – 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 17:25 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:03 Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:50 Capricorn
- 06:50 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 09:55 Pisces
- 09:55 – 11:35 Aries
- 11:35 – 13:34 Taurus
- 13:34 – 15:47 Gemini
- 15:47 – 18:03 Cancer
- 18:03 – 20:14 Leo
- 20:14 – 22:24 Virgo
- 22:24 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 02:54 next day Scorpio
- 02:54 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 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