Kolkata panchang, 5 February 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 01:45 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:11
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:25 to 06:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:51
- Karana Vishti until 17:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:51 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:11
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 – 05:23
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 07:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:14 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:59 Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 06:46 Capricorn
- 06:46 – 08:20 Aquarius
- 08:20 – 09:51 Pisces
- 09:51 – 11:31 Aries
- 11:31 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:43 Gemini
- 15:43 – 17:59 Cancer
- 17:59 – 20:10 Leo
- 20:10 – 22:20 Virgo
- 22:20 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 02:50 next day Scorpio
- 02:50 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 06:14 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