Kolkata panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 21:11 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 12:44
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 13:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:44
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. 04:09 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:44 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Char | 21:44 – 23:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:54 Scorpio
- 07:54 – 09:59 Sagittarius
- 09:59 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 13:19 Aquarius
- 13:19 – 14:50 Pisces
- 14:50 – 16:31 Aries
- 16:31 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 22:58 Cancer
- 22:58 – 01:10 next day Leo
- 01:10 – 03:20 next day Virgo
- 03:20 – 05:34 next day Libra
- 05:34 – 05:54 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