Kolkata panchang, 12 August 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:36 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:34
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:09 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:55
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 16:25
- Karana Vanija until 07:55, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:34
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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:19 Capricorn
- 18:19 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:13 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