Kolkata panchang, 25 August 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 22:03 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:58
- 05:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:58 to 05:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:31
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:28 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:31, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:29 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:28 – 04:04 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:18 – 16:45
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 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 16:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:56 Leo
- 06:56 – 09:06 Virgo
- 09:06 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:36 Scorpio
- 13:36 – 15:41 Sagittarius
- 15:41 – 17:28 Capricorn
- 17:28 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:32 Pisces
- 20:32 – 22:13 Aries
- 22:13 – 00:11 next day Taurus
- 00:11 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 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