Kolkata panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 00:24 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:18
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:51 to 05:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:09
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 18:35
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:48 – 05:28 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. 03:55 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:35 Aquarius
- 04:35 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:28 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