Kolkata panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 06:10 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:08
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:49 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:02
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:08
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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:47 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:21 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:05 Cancer
- 04:05 – 06:16 Leo
- 06:16 – 08:27 Virgo
- 08:27 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:49 Capricorn
- 16:49 – 18:22 Aquarius
- 18:22 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:45 next day Gemini
- 01:45 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 05:21 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