Kolkata panchang, 1 January 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 17:49 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 13:00 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:53
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:02 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:53
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:57 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 21:12
- Karana Balava until 09:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:12 – 18:32 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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:57 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Char | 13:00 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:42 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:00 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
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