Kolkata panchang, 20 February 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 13:56 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:08
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:34 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:56
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 11:45
- Karana Vishti until 09:56, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:39 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:08
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. 04:26 – 05:16
- 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 17:34 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 12:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:34 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:52 Pisces
- 08:52 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:44 Gemini
- 14:44 – 17:00 Cancer
- 17:00 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:05 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