Kolkata panchang, 31 May 2024
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:13 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:52 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:35
- 06:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:15 to 04:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:38
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:04
- Karana Kaulava until 09:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:35
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:52 – 06:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:55 Aries
- 03:55 – 05:54 Taurus
- 05:54 – 08:07 Gemini
- 08:07 – 10:23 Cancer
- 10:23 – 12:34 Leo
- 12:34 – 14:44 Virgo
- 14:44 – 16:58 Libra
- 16:58 – 19:14 Scorpio
- 19:14 – 21:19 Sagittarius
- 21:19 – 23:06 Capricorn
- 23:06 – 00:39 next day Aquarius
- 00:39 – 02:11 next day Pisces
- 02:11 – 03:51 next day Aries
- 03:51 – 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