Kolkata panchang, 20 July 2024
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 17:45 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:04 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 05:04 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:02
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:00
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:48 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:55, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 00:07 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:04 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:07 – 01:19 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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:21 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:04 – 01:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 18:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:50 Gemini
- 04:50 – 07:06 Cancer
- 07:06 – 09:17 Leo
- 09:17 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 18:03 Sagittarius
- 18:03 – 19:49 Capricorn
- 19:49 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 22:54 Pisces
- 22:54 – 00:35 next day Aries
- 00:35 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:46 next day Gemini
- 04:46 – 05:04 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