Kolkata panchang, 16 June 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:18 Jyeshtha 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 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:21
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 04:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 15:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 09:18 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. 03:28 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:53 – 11:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 11:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:34 – 08:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:37 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:15 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 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
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:07 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 – 04:51 Taurus
- 04:51 – 07:04 Gemini
- 07:04 – 09:20 Cancer
- 09:20 – 11:31 Leo
- 11:31 – 13:41 Virgo
- 13:41 – 15:55 Libra
- 15:55 – 18:11 Scorpio
- 18:11 – 20:16 Sagittarius
- 20:16 – 22:03 Capricorn
- 22:03 – 23:37 Aquarius
- 23:37 – 01:08 next day Pisces
- 01:08 – 02:48 next day Aries
- 02:48 – 04:47 next day Taurus
- 04:47 – 04:53 next day Gemini
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