Kolkata panchang, 21 February 2029
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 10:31 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:35 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Vanija until 07:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 18:03 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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 22:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 22:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 07:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:35 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:04 next day Aquarius
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