Kolkata panchang, 26 October 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 00:19 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 12:45 – 14:11
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:45 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:01 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 05:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:19, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:45 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:19 – 05:24 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:25 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:18 – 05:33 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. 03:58 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:01 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:29 | Good |
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 12:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:45 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 05:02 Virgo
- 05:02 – 07:16 Libra
- 07:16 – 09:32 Scorpio
- 09:32 – 11:37 Sagittarius
- 11:37 – 13:24 Capricorn
- 13:24 – 14:58 Aquarius
- 14:58 – 16:29 Pisces
- 16:29 – 18:09 Aries
- 18:09 – 20:08 Taurus
- 20:08 – 22:21 Gemini
- 22:21 – 00:37 next day Cancer
- 00:37 – 02:48 next day Leo
- 02:48 – 04:58 next day Virgo
- 04:58 – 05:39 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