Kolkata panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 13:47 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 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:56 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 04:56 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:51
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:23 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:24
- Karana Gara until 11:23, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:56 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:56 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:24 – 11:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:51
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:56 – 00:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:23 – 04:55 next day
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. 03:29 – 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 18:10 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:56 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:14 | Good |
| Rog | 08:14 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:55 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 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:46 Aries
- 04:46 – 06:45 Taurus
- 06:45 – 08:58 Gemini
- 08:58 – 11:14 Cancer
- 11:14 – 13:25 Leo
- 13:25 – 15:35 Virgo
- 15:35 – 17:49 Libra
- 17:49 – 20:05 Scorpio
- 20:05 – 22:10 Sagittarius
- 22:10 – 23:57 Capricorn
- 23:57 – 01:31 next day Aquarius
- 01:31 – 03:02 next day Pisces
- 03:02 – 04:42 next day Aries
- 04:42 – 04:55 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