Kolkata panchang, 8 February 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 04:50 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:13 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:12
- 10:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:27 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:17
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:09
- Karana Vanija until 11:17, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:09 – 19:06 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. 04:31 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:13 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:47 Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:34 Capricorn
- 06:34 – 08:08 Aquarius
- 08:08 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:19 Aries
- 11:19 – 13:18 Taurus
- 13:18 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:47 Cancer
- 17:47 – 19:58 Leo
- 19:58 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:43 next day Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 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