Kolkata panchang, 15 September 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 15:51 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:55
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:38
- 07:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:38 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:13
- Karana Bava until 07:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:38
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. 03:50 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:24 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:31 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:03 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:03 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:33 Leo
- 05:33 – 07:43 Virgo
- 07:43 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:13 Scorpio
- 12:13 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 19:10 Pisces
- 19:10 – 20:50 Aries
- 20:50 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 01:02 next day Gemini
- 01:02 – 03:18 next day Cancer
- 03:18 – 05:24 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