Kolkata panchang, 2 August 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 02:47 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:37
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:15 to 05:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 11:45
- Karana Vanija until 15:27, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:45 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:37
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:58 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:09 – 06:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 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
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 03:59 Gemini
- 03:59 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:50 Libra
- 12:50 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:58 Capricorn
- 18:58 – 20:32 Aquarius
- 20:32 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 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