Kolkata panchang, 9 November 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 12:21 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 16:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 12:43 – 14:07
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
16:53 to 05:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 22:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 06:38
- Karana Vishti until 11:25, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:35 – 22:35
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. 04:03 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 11:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:45 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 12:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:43 – 14:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:07 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:43 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 04:07 Virgo
- 04:07 – 06:21 Libra
- 06:21 – 08:37 Scorpio
- 08:37 – 10:42 Sagittarius
- 10:42 – 12:29 Capricorn
- 12:29 – 14:03 Aquarius
- 14:03 – 15:34 Pisces
- 15:34 – 17:14 Aries
- 17:14 – 19:13 Taurus
- 19:13 – 21:26 Gemini
- 21:26 – 23:42 Cancer
- 23:42 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 05:47 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