Kolkata panchang, 12 February 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 07:57 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:14
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:30 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:44
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:30
- Karana Taitila until 07:24, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:10 – 14:42 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. 04:30 – 05:20
- 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 17:30 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:56 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:30 | Good |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:32 Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 07:52 Aquarius
- 07:52 – 09:23 Pisces
- 09:23 – 11:04 Aries
- 11:04 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 17:31 Cancer
- 17:31 – 19:42 Leo
- 19:42 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:11 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