Kolkata panchang, 14 February 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:12 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:15
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:31 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:43 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 19:58
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 10:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:09 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:22 – 23:20
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- 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 17:31 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:43 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 09:15 Pisces
- 09:15 – 10:56 Aries
- 10:56 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 15:08 Gemini
- 15:08 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:35 Leo
- 19:35 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:07 next day Capricorn
- 06:07 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
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