Kolkata panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 19:23 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 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:15
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:02 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:17 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 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:00 Cancer
- 05:00 – 07:11 Leo
- 07:11 – 09:22 Virgo
- 09:22 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 13:51 Scorpio
- 13:51 – 15:57 Sagittarius
- 15:57 – 17:44 Capricorn
- 17:44 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 20:48 Pisces
- 20:48 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 05:17 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