Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2029
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 10:47 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 11:18 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:34
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:23 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:18 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:34 – 01:20 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:23 – 05:23 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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:11 next day | Good |
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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:01 Cancer
- 13:01 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:44 next day Capricorn
- 01:44 – 03:18 next day Aquarius
- 03:18 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 05:11 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