Kolkata panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 11:16 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:57 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:08 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:41
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:25 – 07:37
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. 03:30 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:58 Aries
- 04:58 – 06:56 Taurus
- 06:56 – 09:10 Gemini
- 09:10 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:37 Leo
- 13:37 – 15:47 Virgo
- 15:47 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:17 Scorpio
- 20:17 – 22:22 Sagittarius
- 22:22 – 00:09 next day Capricorn
- 00:09 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:54 next day Aries
- 04:54 – 04:56 next day Taurus
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