Kolkata panchang, 14 April 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 09:40 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:55
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:55 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:55
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 – 04:32
- 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 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 01:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:48 Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 05:17 next day Aries
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