Kolkata panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 11:18 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:41
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:32 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 13:43
- Karana Bava until 08:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 12:38 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. 04:27 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:16 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:46 – 06:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 06:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:46 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 09:03 Pisces
- 09:03 – 10:44 Aries
- 10:44 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:56 Gemini
- 14:56 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 21:33 Virgo
- 21:33 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:07 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