Kolkata panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:56 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 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:12
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:56 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 19:11
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:12
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:18 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:33 Cancer
- 04:33 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 13:24 Scorpio
- 13:24 – 15:29 Sagittarius
- 15:29 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 00:00 next day Taurus
- 00:00 – 02:13 next day Gemini
- 02:13 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 05:19 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