Kolkata panchang, 24 September 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 22:35 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 17:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:59
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:29 to 05:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:29 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:39
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:54 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:26 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:39, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:59
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 – 04:39
- 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 17:29 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:39 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:26 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 09:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:57 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 12:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:58 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Rog | 15:59 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:58 – 23:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:58 Leo
- 04:58 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:43 Sagittarius
- 13:43 – 15:30 Capricorn
- 15:30 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 18:35 Pisces
- 18:35 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:14 Taurus
- 22:14 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 05:27 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