Kolkata panchang, 22 February 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 15:48 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 17:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:17
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:35 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:12
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:17
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 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 17:35 – 20:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:05 – 16:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 16:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:43 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:35 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:39 Capricorn
- 05:39 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:24 Aries
- 10:24 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:52 Cancer
- 16:52 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:04 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