Kolkata panchang, 20 August 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:44 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:27
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:03 to 05:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:55
- Karana Balava until 10:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 05:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 03:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 05:16 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 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:16 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:04 Cancer
- 05:04 – 07:15 Leo
- 07:15 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:48 Capricorn
- 17:48 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:33 Aries
- 22:33 – 00:31 next day Taurus
- 00:31 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 05:00 next day Cancer
- 05:00 – 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