Kolkata panchang, 16 August 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 15:30 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 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:29
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:11
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:58 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
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 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 09:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:14 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:15 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 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:20 Cancer
- 05:20 – 07:31 Leo
- 07:31 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:00 next day Gemini
- 03:00 – 05:15 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