Kolkata panchang, 9 April 2024
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 05:35 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:53- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:19
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:53 to 05:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:18
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:09, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 15:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:32 – 05:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:32 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Char | 08:30 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:08 Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:18 Taurus
- 09:18 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:21 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