Kolkata panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:33 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 17:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:06
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:32 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 15:17
- Karana Vanija until 08:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:06
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 – 05:18
- 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 17:32 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:32 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:48 Aries
- 10:48 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 15:00 Gemini
- 15:00 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 21:37 Virgo
- 21:37 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:08 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