Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:53 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:58
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:11 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:43 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:58
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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 17:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:08 – 05:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:08 – 05:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:08 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:48 – 08:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:23 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:47 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 05:11 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