Kolkata panchang, 9 February 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 05:45 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 16:03
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:02 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:28 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:02
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:06
- Karana Shakuni until 08:02, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:02 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 18:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:03
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 17:28 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 23:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:13 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:43 Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 06:30 Capricorn
- 06:30 – 08:04 Aquarius
- 08:04 – 09:35 Pisces
- 09:35 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:27 Gemini
- 15:27 – 17:43 Cancer
- 17:43 – 19:54 Leo
- 19:54 – 22:04 Virgo
- 22:04 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:34 next day Scorpio
- 02:34 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:12 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