Kolkata panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 16:25 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:52
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 10:47
- Karana Balava until 08:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:52
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. 03:46 – 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 18:05 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 09:37 Virgo
- 09:37 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 21:04 Pisces
- 21:04 – 22:45 Aries
- 22:45 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:56 next day Gemini
- 02:56 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 05:15 next day Leo
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