Kolkata panchang, 17 September 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 17:15 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 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam 14:33 – 16:05
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:36 to 05:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:48
- Karana Vanija until 11:44, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:48 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:44 – 21:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 13:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:53 – 05:25 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. 03:50 – 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 17:36 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 13:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:02 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:02 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:25 Leo
- 05:25 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:50 Libra
- 09:50 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 17:31 Aquarius
- 17:31 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:43 Aries
- 20:43 – 22:41 Taurus
- 22:41 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:21 next day Leo
- 05:21 – 05:25 next day Virgo
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