Kolkata panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 11:07 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 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:23 – 12:51
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:15 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:36
- Karana Taitila until 12:14, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:51
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:15 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:14 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Char | 14:19 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:51 | Good |
| Char | 21:51 – 23:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 03:59 Leo
- 03:59 – 06:09 Virgo
- 06:09 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:44 Sagittarius
- 12:44 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 16:04 Aquarius
- 16:04 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:16 Aries
- 19:16 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:32 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