Kolkata panchang, 28 July 2024
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 23:21 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:18
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:18 to 05:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:28
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 20:11
- Karana Balava until 08:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:11 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:47 – 05:07 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:32 – 23:30
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. 03:41 – 04:24
- 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 18:18 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:07 – 11:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:46 – 08:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:07 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
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:19 Gemini
- 04:19 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:46 Leo
- 08:46 – 10:56 Virgo
- 10:56 – 13:10 Libra
- 13:10 – 15:26 Scorpio
- 15:26 – 17:31 Sagittarius
- 17:31 – 19:18 Capricorn
- 19:18 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:23 Pisces
- 22:23 – 00:03 next day Aries
- 00:03 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 05:07 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