Kolkata panchang, 29 February 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 21:42 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:18
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:22 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:55
- Karana Kaulava until 17:24, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:18
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. 04:20 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:11 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:11 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:12 Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:00 Libra
- 23:00 – 01:16 next day Scorpio
- 01:16 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 05:58 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