Kolkata panchang, 29 July 2024
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:17 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 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:46 – 08:25
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:39
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 17:54
- Karana Taitila until 06:39, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:39
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 18:17 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:25 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:15 Gemini
- 04:15 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 10:52 Virgo
- 10:52 – 13:06 Libra
- 13:06 – 15:22 Scorpio
- 15:22 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:14 Capricorn
- 19:14 – 20:48 Aquarius
- 20:48 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:59 Aries
- 23:59 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:11 next day Gemini
- 04:11 – 05:08 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