Kolkata panchang, 4 May 2029
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 23:48 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:26
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:47
- Karana Vishti until 14:36, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:20 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:17 – 23:24
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. 03:35 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 18:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:30 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:03 – 06:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:02 Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:21 Leo
- 14:21 – 16:31 Virgo
- 16:31 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 21:01 Scorpio
- 21:01 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:02 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