Kolkata panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 05:44 Ashwin 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 17:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:29 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:58
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:20 to 05:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 04:23 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 05:21 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. 03:52 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:20 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:29 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:25 – 12:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:54 – 14:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:23 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:23 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:22 Leo
- 04:22 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 08:47 Libra
- 08:47 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 14:55 Capricorn
- 14:55 – 16:28 Aquarius
- 16:28 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:18 next day Leo
- 04:18 – 05:30 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