Kolkata panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 02:11 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:27 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:14
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
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. 03:54 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 16:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:52 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:28 Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:26 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