Kolkata panchang, 24 January 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 11:52 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 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:11
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:18 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:43
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 11:42
- Karana Kaulava until 15:43, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 12:15
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:15 – 06:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:15 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:15 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:18 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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 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 – 05:43 Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 07:30 Capricorn
- 07:30 – 09:04 Aquarius
- 09:04 – 10:35 Pisces
- 10:35 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:27 Gemini
- 16:27 – 18:43 Cancer
- 18:43 – 20:54 Leo
- 20:54 – 23:04 Virgo
- 23:04 – 01:19 next day Libra
- 01:19 – 03:34 next day Scorpio
- 03:34 – 05:40 next day Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
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