Kolkata panchang, 26 June 2024
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 22:13 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:20
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:23 to 04:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:13
- Karana Kaulava until 10:03, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:55 – 13:05
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. 03:30 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:11 Taurus
- 04:11 – 06:25 Gemini
- 06:25 – 08:40 Cancer
- 08:40 – 10:52 Leo
- 10:52 – 13:02 Virgo
- 13:02 – 15:16 Libra
- 15:16 – 17:32 Scorpio
- 17:32 – 19:37 Sagittarius
- 19:37 – 21:24 Capricorn
- 21:24 – 22:57 Aquarius
- 22:57 – 00:28 next day Pisces
- 00:28 – 02:09 next day Aries
- 02:09 – 04:07 next day Taurus
- 04:07 – 04:55 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