Kolkata panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 04:55 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:25 – 12:54
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:21 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 03:21 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:59, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:54
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. 03:52 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:22 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:26 Leo
- 04:26 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 11:06 Scorpio
- 11:06 – 13:12 Sagittarius
- 13:12 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:32 Aquarius
- 16:32 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:55 Gemini
- 23:55 – 02:11 next day Cancer
- 02:11 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 05:29 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