Kolkata panchang, 5 January 2029
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 21:56 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:44
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:05 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:31
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:31
- Karana Taitila until 12:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:44
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 22:06
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 22:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:31 – 06:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:02 | Good |
| Rog | 13:02 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:23 – 22:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:02 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:19 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