Kolkata panchang, 5 July 2024
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 03:56 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:58 to 18:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:43
- 04:58 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:58 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:39 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:24 to 04:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:06 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:13
- Karana Shakuni until 04:58, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 04:58 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:58 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:39 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:48 – 07:24 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. 03:33 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:06 – 04:58 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:58 – 06:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:19 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 04:58 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
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:36 Taurus
- 03:36 – 05:49 Gemini
- 05:49 – 08:05 Cancer
- 08:05 – 10:16 Leo
- 10:16 – 12:26 Virgo
- 12:26 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 16:56 Scorpio
- 16:56 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:48 Capricorn
- 20:48 – 22:22 Aquarius
- 22:22 – 23:53 Pisces
- 23:53 – 01:34 next day Aries
- 01:34 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 04:58 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