Kolkata panchang, 21 November 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 22:10 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 12:01
- Karana Vanija until 17:03, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:03 – 05:29 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:07 – 00:17 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. 04:09 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 15:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 15:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:35 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:28 – 20:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:44 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 07:50 Scorpio
- 07:50 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:42 Capricorn
- 11:42 – 13:15 Aquarius
- 13:15 – 14:46 Pisces
- 14:46 – 16:27 Aries
- 16:27 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 01:06 next day Leo
- 01:06 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 05:30 next day Libra
- 05:30 – 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