Kolkata panchang, 16 November 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 17:08 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 16:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 12:43 – 14:06
- 13:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:51 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 23:47
- Karana Balava until 13:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:33 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:06
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. 04:07 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:28 – 05:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:28 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:36 | Good |
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 12:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:43 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:21 | Good |
| Char | 23:21 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:15 Sagittarius
- 10:15 – 12:02 Capricorn
- 12:02 – 13:35 Aquarius
- 13:35 – 15:06 Pisces
- 15:06 – 16:47 Aries
- 16:47 – 18:45 Taurus
- 18:45 – 20:58 Gemini
- 20:58 – 23:14 Cancer
- 23:14 – 01:25 next day Leo
- 01:25 – 03:36 next day Virgo
- 03:36 – 05:50 next day Libra
- 05:50 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
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