Kolkata panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 12:31 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 13:11
- 05:15 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:15 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:15 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:16 Cancer
- 13:16 – 15:27 Leo
- 15:27 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 22:07 Scorpio
- 22:07 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 01:59 next day Capricorn
- 01:59 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:14 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