Kolkata panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 06:50 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
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. 03:30 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:56 – 21:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:02 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:54 Taurus
- 06:54 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:23 Cancer
- 11:23 – 13:34 Leo
- 13:34 – 15:44 Virgo
- 15:44 – 17:58 Libra
- 17:58 – 20:14 Scorpio
- 20:14 – 22:19 Sagittarius
- 22:19 – 00:06 next day Capricorn
- 00:06 – 01:40 next day Aquarius
- 01:40 – 03:11 next day Pisces
- 03:11 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 04:56 next day Taurus
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