Kolkata panchang, 22 September 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 20:45 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:31
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:31 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:44
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 08:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:17 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:31
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) 11:04 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:02 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 21:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:59 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:06 Leo
- 05:06 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:46 Scorpio
- 11:46 – 13:51 Sagittarius
- 13:51 – 15:38 Capricorn
- 15:38 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:42 Pisces
- 18:42 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:35 next day Gemini
- 00:35 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 05:02 next day Leo
- 05:02 – 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