Kolkata panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 20:51 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:16
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:38 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:16
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 04:21 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 08:20 Pisces
- 08:20 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 20:50 Virgo
- 20:50 – 23:04 Libra
- 23:04 – 01:19 next day Scorpio
- 01:19 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 05:59 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