Kolkata panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 16:23 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:48
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:09 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:09
- Karana Gara until 10:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:09 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:17 – 05:34 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. 03:55 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:42 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:41 Virgo
- 05:41 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:17 Sagittarius
- 12:17 – 14:03 Capricorn
- 14:03 – 15:37 Aquarius
- 15:37 – 17:08 Pisces
- 17:08 – 18:49 Aries
- 18:49 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 23:00 Gemini
- 23:00 – 01:16 next day Cancer
- 01:16 – 03:27 next day Leo
- 03:27 – 05:34 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