Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2029
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 09:49 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:22
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:30
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:35
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
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. 03:43 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 16:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:13 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:46 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:13 – 06:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:23 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 05:12 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