Kolkata panchang, 31 July 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 00:54 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:21
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:13
- Karana Balava until 15:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:13 – 17:49
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 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:16 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 10:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:12 – 05:09 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:56 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:07 Gemini
- 04:07 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:34 Leo
- 08:34 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 12:58 Libra
- 12:58 – 15:14 Scorpio
- 15:14 – 17:19 Sagittarius
- 17:19 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 22:11 Pisces
- 22:11 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 01:50 next day Taurus
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 05:09 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