Kolkata panchang, 10 April 2024
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 06:16 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:12
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:54 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:05 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:37
- Karana Balava until 06:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:21 – 03:05 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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:21 – 17:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 05:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:05 – 05:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:05 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:04 Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:20 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