Kolkata panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 21:19 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 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:17 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:17 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:49
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:59 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:52
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 06:08
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:17 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:49
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 17:59 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:18 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 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:48 Cancer
- 04:48 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 20:36 Pisces
- 20:36 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:15 next day Taurus
- 00:15 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 05:18 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