Kolkata panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:24 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:14 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:57 to 05:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 00:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:24
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. 03:44 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:57 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 05:13 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 17:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:25 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 13:12 Cancer
- 13:12 – 15:23 Leo
- 15:23 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:29 next day Aquarius
- 03:29 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:13 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