Kolkata panchang, 19 May 2024
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 14:36 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:10
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 11:23
- Karana Vishti until 13:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:10
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 – 04:12
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:55 – 03:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:55 – 03:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:35 – 08:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 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
- 04:55 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:42 Aries
- 04:42 – 06:41 Taurus
- 06:41 – 08:54 Gemini
- 08:54 – 11:10 Cancer
- 11:10 – 13:21 Leo
- 13:21 – 15:31 Virgo
- 15:31 – 17:45 Libra
- 17:45 – 20:01 Scorpio
- 20:01 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 23:53 Capricorn
- 23:53 – 01:27 next day Aquarius
- 01:27 – 02:58 next day Pisces
- 02:58 – 04:38 next day Aries
- 04:38 – 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