Kolkata panchang, 6 October 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 08:18 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 17:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:48
- Yamaganda 11:24 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:18
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:18 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:11 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:08
- Karana Gara until 07:50, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 00:11 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:11 – 05:31 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. 03:53 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 00:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:24 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:21 | Good |
| Char | 20:21 – 21:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:52 – 23:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:11 Leo
- 04:11 – 06:21 Virgo
- 06:21 – 08:35 Libra
- 08:35 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:28 Aries
- 19:28 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:40 Gemini
- 23:40 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 05:31 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