Kolkata panchang, 15 February 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:51 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:15
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:31 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 17:22
- Karana Taitila until 10:13, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:15
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. 04:28 – 05:19
- 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 17:31 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 09:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 09:26
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:06 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:06 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:07 Capricorn
- 06:07 – 07:40 Aquarius
- 07:40 – 09:11 Pisces
- 09:11 – 10:52 Aries
- 10:52 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:04 Gemini
- 15:04 – 17:19 Cancer
- 17:19 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:41 Virgo
- 21:41 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:03 next day Capricorn
- 06:03 – 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