Kolkata panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 17:53 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:01
- 05:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:35 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:39 Aries
- 20:39 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:50 next day Gemini
- 00:50 – 03:06 next day Cancer
- 03:06 – 05:17 next day Leo
- 05:17 – 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