Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 15:04 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 06:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:04 – 05:12 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. 03:43 – 04:28
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:24 | Good |
| Rog | 08:24 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:55 Scorpio
- 21:55 – 00:00 next day Sagittarius
- 00:00 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:12 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