Kolkata panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 03:38 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:45
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:52 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:19
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:14
- Karana Taitila until 10:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:23 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:28 – 23:19
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. 03:52 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:20 Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:24 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