Kolkata panchang, 19 August 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:02 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:30
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:03 to 05:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 23:55
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:46 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:59 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:46 – 03:10 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. 03:46 – 04:31
- 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 18:03 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 08:10
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 08:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 08:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:08 Cancer
- 05:08 – 07:19 Leo
- 07:19 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 13:59 Scorpio
- 13:59 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:52 Capricorn
- 17:52 – 19:25 Aquarius
- 19:25 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:48 next day Gemini
- 02:48 – 05:04 next day Cancer
- 05:04 – 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