Kolkata panchang, 1 May 2024
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 00:06 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:10
- 05:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:46
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 20:01
- Karana Bava until 05:46, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:10 – 05:04 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. 03:36 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:05 – 05:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:12 Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:53 Aries
- 05:53 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:20 Cancer
- 12:20 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:12 Scorpio
- 21:12 – 23:17 Sagittarius
- 23:17 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:04 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