Kolkata panchang, 16 July 2024
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 13:47 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:42
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 05:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:13 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:18
- Karana Taitila until 08:02, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:53 – 15:02
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. 03:37 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:02 – 02:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:02 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:22 Cancer
- 07:22 – 09:33 Leo
- 09:33 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 05:02 next day Cancer
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