Kolkata panchang, 7 August 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 07:25 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:19
- 08:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:12 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 20:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 08:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:19
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. 03:43 – 04:27
- 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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:30 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:17 Virgo
- 10:17 – 12:31 Libra
- 12:31 – 14:46 Scorpio
- 14:46 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:39 Capricorn
- 18:39 – 20:12 Aquarius
- 20:12 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Gemini
- 03:36 – 05:11 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