Kolkata panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 20:23 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 17:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:47
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:05 to 05:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 06:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 11:11
- Karana Kaulava until 15:18, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:11 – 21:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:47
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:29 – 05:37 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. 03:56 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 06:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:50 – 02:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:20 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 17:05 | Good |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:52 Scorpio
- 09:52 – 11:57 Sagittarius
- 11:57 – 13:44 Capricorn
- 13:44 – 15:17 Aquarius
- 15:17 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 18:29 Aries
- 18:29 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:56 next day Cancer
- 00:56 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 05:18 next day Virgo
- 05:18 – 05:37 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