Kolkata panchang, 22 August 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 20:00 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:28
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 05:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:10
- Karana Vishti until 13:46, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:05 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:22
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:10 – 15:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:28
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:05 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:56 Cancer
- 04:56 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 09:18 Virgo
- 09:18 – 11:32 Libra
- 11:32 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:40 Capricorn
- 17:40 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 20:44 Pisces
- 20:44 – 22:25 Aries
- 22:25 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 04:52 next day Cancer
- 04:52 – 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