Kolkata panchang, 21 September 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 19:56 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 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 13:00 – 14:31
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:32 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:14
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:36
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:31
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. 03:51 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:25 – 18:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 13:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:00 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:00 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:10 Leo
- 05:10 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 18:46 Pisces
- 18:46 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 02:54 next day Cancer
- 02:54 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 05:26 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