Kolkata panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 22:24 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:46
- 05:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:03 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 06:59
- Karana Vishti until 13:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:46
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. 03:57 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 05:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 01:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:42 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:46 | Good |
| Char | 21:46 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:14 Virgo
- 05:14 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:44 Scorpio
- 09:44 – 11:49 Sagittarius
- 11:49 – 13:36 Capricorn
- 13:36 – 15:09 Aquarius
- 15:09 – 16:40 Pisces
- 16:40 – 18:21 Aries
- 18:21 – 20:19 Taurus
- 20:19 – 22:33 Gemini
- 22:33 – 00:48 next day Cancer
- 00:48 – 03:00 next day Leo
- 03:00 – 05:10 next day Virgo
- 05:10 – 05:38 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