Kolkata panchang, 12 September 2024
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 13:16 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:23 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:14
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:41 to 05:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:33
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:40
- Karana Balava until 11:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:14
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 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 05:23 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:23 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:32 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:37 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:45 Leo
- 05:45 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:25 Scorpio
- 12:25 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:17 Capricorn
- 16:17 – 17:51 Aquarius
- 17:51 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:30 next day Cancer
- 03:30 – 05:23 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