Kolkata panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 09:13 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:52 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:55
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:17 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 06:39
- Karana Vishti until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:55
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 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:31 – 02:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:25 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:31 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:24 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:20 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:17 | Good |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:20 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:07 Leo
- 04:07 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:31 Libra
- 08:31 – 10:47 Scorpio
- 10:47 – 12:52 Sagittarius
- 12:52 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 16:12 Aquarius
- 16:12 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:24 Aries
- 19:24 – 21:22 Taurus
- 21:22 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 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