Kolkata panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 12:58 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:30
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:20
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:30
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:56 – 21:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:56 – 21:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:56 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:56 – 06:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:50 Aries
- 04:50 – 06:49 Taurus
- 06:49 – 09:02 Gemini
- 09:02 – 11:18 Cancer
- 11:18 – 13:29 Leo
- 13:29 – 15:39 Virgo
- 15:39 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:14 Sagittarius
- 22:14 – 00:01 next day Capricorn
- 00:01 – 01:35 next day Aquarius
- 01:35 – 03:06 next day Pisces
- 03:06 – 04:46 next day Aries
- 04:46 – 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