Kolkata panchang, 21 July 2024
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 18:39 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:21
- 07:27 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:11
- Karana Bava until 15:47, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:27 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:21
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:04 – 00:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:44 – 08:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:23 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:46 Gemini
- 04:46 – 07:02 Cancer
- 07:02 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:53 Scorpio
- 15:53 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:46 Capricorn
- 19:46 – 21:19 Aquarius
- 21:19 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:31 next day Aries
- 00:31 – 02:29 next day Taurus
- 02:29 – 04:42 next day Gemini
- 04:42 – 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