Kolkata panchang, 4 October 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 06:33 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:51
- 16:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:20 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:31 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:21 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:21 – 06:33 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 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:30 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 21:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:53 – 23:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:18 Leo
- 04:18 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:58 Scorpio
- 10:58 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 14:51 Capricorn
- 14:51 – 16:24 Aquarius
- 16:24 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 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