Kolkata panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 08:43 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:55 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:33 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:33 – 02:57 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. 03:47 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:49 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:52 Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:31 Cancer
- 13:31 – 15:43 Leo
- 15:43 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:18 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