Kolkata panchang, 17 October 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 17:02 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 17:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:49
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:20 Moon enters Aries
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:08 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:56
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:20 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:56
- Karana Vishti until 06:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:20 Moon enters Aries
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:41 – 02:53 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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:34 – 16:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 16:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:20 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:21 – 12:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:48 – 14:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:15 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:41 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:41 – 20:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 15:33 Aquarius
- 15:33 – 17:04 Pisces
- 17:04 – 18:45 Aries
- 18:45 – 20:43 Taurus
- 20:43 – 22:56 Gemini
- 22:56 – 01:12 next day Cancer
- 01:12 – 03:23 next day Leo
- 03:23 – 05:34 next day Virgo
- 05:34 – 05:35 next day Libra
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