Kolkata panchang, 12 July 2024
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 10:21 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:43
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:23 to 05:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:33
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 05:14 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:33, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:08 – 16:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:43
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:00 – 16:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:00 – 12:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:00 – 06:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:21 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:37 Cancer
- 07:37 – 09:49 Leo
- 09:49 – 11:59 Virgo
- 11:59 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:29 Scorpio
- 16:29 – 18:34 Sagittarius
- 18:34 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 23:25 Pisces
- 23:25 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:04 next day Taurus
- 03:04 – 05:01 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