Kolkata panchang, 6 May 2024
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 03:28 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:39 – 08:17
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:28
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:43 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:04 to 05:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:43 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 00:28 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:40, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:43 Moon enters Aries
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:40 – 17:43
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. 03:34 – 04:18
- 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 18:04 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:01 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
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 03:53 Pisces
- 03:53 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:45 Gemini
- 09:45 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 16:22 Virgo
- 16:22 – 18:36 Libra
- 18:36 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 03:49 next day Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:01 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