Kolkata panchang, 24 February 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 17:33 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:43
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:36 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:20 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:33
- Karana Bava until 18:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:31 Capricorn
- 05:31 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:28 Gemini
- 14:28 – 16:44 Cancer
- 16:44 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:35 next day Scorpio
- 01:35 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:27 next day Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:02 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