Kolkata panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 17:33 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:23
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 04:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
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 – 04:25
- 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 17:59 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:23 Taurus
- 08:23 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:49 Sagittarius
- 23:49 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:09 next day Aquarius
- 03:09 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 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