Kolkata panchang, 7 September 2024
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 08:37 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 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:21 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 05:21 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:40
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:46 to 05:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 23:16
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:21 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:21 – 12:34
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 12:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:21 – 17:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:34 – 05:22 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:34 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:21 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 03:53 Cancer
- 03:53 – 06:05 Leo
- 06:05 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:45 Scorpio
- 12:45 – 14:50 Sagittarius
- 14:50 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 19:41 Pisces
- 19:41 – 21:22 Aries
- 21:22 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 03:49 next day Cancer
- 03:49 – 05:22 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