Kolkata panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 00:53 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:04 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:27
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:02 to 05:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 17:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:00, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:32 – 22:28
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 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 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:09 Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:28 Leo
- 14:28 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 02:34 next day Aquarius
- 02:34 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:03 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