Kolkata panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:50 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:50 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:10
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:29 – 07:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:12 – 05:29 next day
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. 03:56 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:02 next day Capricorn
- 03:02 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 05:29 next day Pisces
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