Kolkata panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 04:56 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:53 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:35, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 14:18 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. 03:51 – 04:37
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:12 Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:22 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