Kolkata panchang, 12 October 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 13:42 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 14:17
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:12 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:27 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:21 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:59, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:17
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:21 – 02:21 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. 03:54 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 04:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 05:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:32 – 10:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Char | 11:22 – 12:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:50 – 14:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:17 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:50 – 23:23 | Good |
| Char | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:27 Scorpio
- 10:27 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 15:53 Aquarius
- 15:53 – 17:24 Pisces
- 17:24 – 19:04 Aries
- 19:04 – 21:03 Taurus
- 21:03 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:32 next day Cancer
- 01:32 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:33 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