Kolkata panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 15:26 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 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:14
- Yamaganda 09:53 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:31
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:11 to 04:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:59
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:46 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:09
- Karana Balava until 15:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:09 – 12:35 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:31
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:55 – 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 – 04:12
- 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 18:11 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:38 Aries
- 04:38 – 06:37 Taurus
- 06:37 – 08:50 Gemini
- 08:50 – 11:06 Cancer
- 11:06 – 13:17 Leo
- 13:17 – 15:27 Virgo
- 15:27 – 17:41 Libra
- 17:41 – 19:57 Scorpio
- 19:57 – 22:02 Sagittarius
- 22:02 – 23:49 Capricorn
- 23:49 – 01:23 next day Aquarius
- 01:23 – 02:54 next day Pisces
- 02:54 – 04:34 next day Aries
- 04:34 – 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