Kolkata panchang, 23 May 2024
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:12 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:54 to 18:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:54 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:32
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:23
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:11
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:32
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. 03:28 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:54 – 19:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:27 Aries
- 04:27 – 06:25 Taurus
- 06:25 – 08:38 Gemini
- 08:38 – 10:54 Cancer
- 10:54 – 13:05 Leo
- 13:05 – 15:15 Virgo
- 15:15 – 17:30 Libra
- 17:30 – 19:45 Scorpio
- 19:45 – 21:51 Sagittarius
- 21:51 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:11 next day Aquarius
- 01:11 – 02:42 next day Pisces
- 02:42 – 04:23 next day Aries
- 04:23 – 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