Kolkata panchang, 30 August 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 01:40 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:19
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:54 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:46
- Karana Kaulava until 13:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:17 – 17:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:55 – 05:19 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. 03:48 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 17:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:25 Cancer
- 04:25 – 06:36 Leo
- 06:36 – 08:46 Virgo
- 08:46 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 13:16 Scorpio
- 13:16 – 15:21 Sagittarius
- 15:21 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:42 Aquarius
- 18:42 – 20:13 Pisces
- 20:13 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 04:21 next day Cancer
- 04:21 – 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