Kolkata panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 04:49 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:40
- Karana Naga until 08:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:00 – 13:33
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. 03:33 – 04:17
- 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 18:05 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:33 – 05:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:33 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:00 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
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:45 Pisces
- 03:45 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:24 Taurus
- 07:24 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 14:04 Leo
- 14:04 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:50 Sagittarius
- 22:50 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:00 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