Kolkata panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 17:16 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 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 18:04
- 05:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:50
- Karana Taitila until 05:51, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:04
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 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:14 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:16 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 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 07:23 Leo
- 07:23 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 22:41 Aries
- 22:41 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 05:16 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