Kolkata panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 21:11 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:53 to 18:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:13
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 04:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:06
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:30
- Karana Vanija until 06:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:13
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 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 10:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:53 – 10:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:15 Aries
- 04:15 – 06:13 Taurus
- 06:13 – 08:26 Gemini
- 08:26 – 10:42 Cancer
- 10:42 – 12:53 Leo
- 12:53 – 15:04 Virgo
- 15:04 – 17:18 Libra
- 17:18 – 19:33 Scorpio
- 19:33 – 21:39 Sagittarius
- 21:39 – 23:26 Capricorn
- 23:26 – 00:59 next day Aquarius
- 00:59 – 02:30 next day Pisces
- 02:30 – 04:11 next day Aries
- 04:11 – 04:53 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