Kolkata panchang, 8 September 2024
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 09:29 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:58
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:45
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:45 to 05:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:58
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:51, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:04 – 00:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:30 – 05:22 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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:30 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 03:49 Cancer
- 03:49 – 06:01 Leo
- 06:01 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:33 Capricorn
- 16:33 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:37 Pisces
- 19:37 – 21:18 Aries
- 21:18 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:45 next day Cancer
- 03:45 – 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