Kolkata panchang, 31 August 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 02:38 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 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:44
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:53 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 17:38
- Karana Gara until 15:00, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:38 – 05:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:41 – 16:28 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 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:41 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Char | 11:36 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:21 Cancer
- 04:21 – 06:32 Leo
- 06:32 – 08:42 Virgo
- 08:42 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 13:12 Scorpio
- 13:12 – 15:17 Sagittarius
- 15:17 – 17:04 Capricorn
- 17:04 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 20:09 Pisces
- 20:09 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 23:48 Taurus
- 23:48 – 02:01 next day Gemini
- 02:01 – 04:17 next day Cancer
- 04:17 – 05:20 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