Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 11:36 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:24
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:16
- Karana Bava until 13:24, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:16 – 01:16 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. 03:45 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 13:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:16 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Char | 08:26 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 05:15 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