Kolkata panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 14:53 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:34 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:28
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:50
- Karana Balava until 11:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 11:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:28 Aries
- 10:28 – 12:27 Taurus
- 12:27 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:17 Virgo
- 21:17 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:52 next day Sagittarius
- 03:52 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 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