Kolkata panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 13:30 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:07 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 16:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:05 – 14:58 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:14 – 12:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 12:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:28 Cancer
- 05:28 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:49 Virgo
- 09:49 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 22:56 Aries
- 22:56 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:14 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