Kolkata panchang, 8 August 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 08:14 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:36
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:12 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:34 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 12:38
- Karana Vanija until 11:20, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:11 – 23:34
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- 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 18:12 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 23:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:49 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:12 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 08:03 Leo
- 08:03 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:39 Pisces
- 21:39 – 23:20 Aries
- 23:20 – 01:18 next day Taurus
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:12 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