Kolkata panchang, 16 May 2024
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 12:08 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:56 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:30
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:22
- Karana Bava until 06:23, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:56 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:22 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:30
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 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:09 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:14 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:54 Aries
- 04:54 – 06:52 Taurus
- 06:52 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:33 Leo
- 13:33 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:05 next day Capricorn
- 00:05 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:10 next day Pisces
- 03:10 – 04:50 next day Aries
- 04:50 – 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