Kolkata panchang, 29 May 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 23:34 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 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 13:14
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:15 to 04:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 23:33
- Karana Vanija until 13:40, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:06 – 00:43 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:33 – 20:52 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:38 – 04:52 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. 03:27 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:15 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:38 – 04:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:40 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:52 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
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:03 Aries
- 04:03 – 06:01 Taurus
- 06:01 – 08:15 Gemini
- 08:15 – 10:30 Cancer
- 10:30 – 12:42 Leo
- 12:42 – 14:52 Virgo
- 14:52 – 17:06 Libra
- 17:06 – 19:22 Scorpio
- 19:22 – 21:27 Sagittarius
- 21:27 – 23:14 Capricorn
- 23:14 – 00:47 next day Aquarius
- 00:47 – 02:18 next day Pisces
- 02:18 – 03:59 next day Aries
- 03:59 – 04:52 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