Kolkata panchang, 21 May 2024
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 16:18 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:31
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:40 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 04:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:40
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:35
- Karana Taitila until 17:40, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:40 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:31
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 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 17:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Char | 08:14 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:54 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
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:34 Aries
- 04:34 – 06:33 Taurus
- 06:33 – 08:46 Gemini
- 08:46 – 11:02 Cancer
- 11:02 – 13:13 Leo
- 13:13 – 15:23 Virgo
- 15:23 – 17:37 Libra
- 17:37 – 19:53 Scorpio
- 19:53 – 21:58 Sagittarius
- 21:58 – 23:45 Capricorn
- 23:45 – 01:19 next day Aquarius
- 01:19 – 02:50 next day Pisces
- 02:50 – 04:31 next day Aries
- 04:31 – 04:54 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