Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2029
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:27 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:26
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:33 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 05:29 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:47, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:33 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:24
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. 03:45 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:26 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:21 Cancer
- 13:21 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 05:15 next day Aries
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