Kolkata panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 16:34 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 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:11
- 05:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:37 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 15:10, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:11
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) 11:06 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Char | 13:02 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:02 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:29 Leo
- 05:29 – 07:39 Virgo
- 07:39 – 09:53 Libra
- 09:53 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 16:01 Capricorn
- 16:01 – 17:35 Aquarius
- 17:35 – 19:06 Pisces
- 19:06 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 00:58 next day Gemini
- 00:58 – 03:14 next day Cancer
- 03:14 – 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