Kolkata panchang, 7 April 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 04:18 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:53
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 06:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:53 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 06:54
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 22:16
- Karana Vanija until 06:54, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 06:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:54 – 07:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:39 – 17:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:53
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 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:58 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:24 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:16 Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:23 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