Kolkata panchang, 17 January 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 07:50 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:08
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:45
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 07:56 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 20:07
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:11 Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 07:58 Capricorn
- 07:58 – 09:31 Aquarius
- 09:31 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:43 Aries
- 12:43 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 16:55 Gemini
- 16:55 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:22 Leo
- 21:22 – 23:32 Virgo
- 23:32 – 01:46 next day Libra
- 01:46 – 04:02 next day Scorpio
- 04:02 – 06:07 next day Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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