Kolkata panchang, 7 February 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 03:50 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:14
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:27 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 02:52 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:02, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:08 – 07:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:14
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. 04:31 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:51 Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 08:12 Aquarius
- 08:12 – 09:43 Pisces
- 09:43 – 11:23 Aries
- 11:23 – 13:22 Taurus
- 13:22 – 15:35 Gemini
- 15:35 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 20:02 Leo
- 20:02 – 22:12 Virgo
- 22:12 – 00:26 next day Libra
- 00:26 – 02:42 next day Scorpio
- 02:42 – 04:47 next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:13 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