Kolkata panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 21:38 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 17:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:05
- 05:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:30 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 05:27
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:09 – 01:26 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. 03:51 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 22:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:07 – 05:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:30 | Good |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:47 Sagittarius
- 13:47 – 15:34 Capricorn
- 15:34 – 17:07 Aquarius
- 17:07 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:19 Aries
- 20:19 – 22:17 Taurus
- 22:17 – 00:31 next day Gemini
- 00:31 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 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