Kolkata panchang, 18 July 2024
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 15:46 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:03 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:44
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 06:12
- Karana Bava until 08:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
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 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 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 03:25 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:58 Gemini
- 04:58 – 07:14 Cancer
- 07:14 – 09:25 Leo
- 09:25 – 11:35 Virgo
- 11:35 – 13:49 Libra
- 13:49 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:10 Sagittarius
- 18:10 – 19:57 Capricorn
- 19:57 – 21:31 Aquarius
- 21:31 – 23:02 Pisces
- 23:02 – 00:42 next day Aries
- 00:42 – 02:41 next day Taurus
- 02:41 – 04:54 next day Gemini
- 04:54 – 05:03 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