Kolkata panchang, 22 April 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 16:42 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:47 – 08:23
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:25
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:58 to 05:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 04:28 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:21, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 05:40 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:59 – 05:10 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. 03:41 – 04:26
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:23 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:40 Gemini
- 10:40 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:47 Scorpio
- 21:47 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 05:10 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