Kolkata panchang, 26 April 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 20:21 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:57 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:23
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 05:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:46
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:39 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:19 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:04 – 04:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:19 – 15:51 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:39 – 05:07 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. 03:39 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:57 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:20 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:32 Pisces
- 04:32 – 06:13 Aries
- 06:13 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:24 Gemini
- 10:24 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:28 next day Pisces
- 04:28 – 05:07 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