Kolkata panchang, 18 May 2029
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 08:42 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 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:30
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:56 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 10:49
- Karana Bava until 12:01, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:56 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:49 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:16 – 17:21
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 04:55 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. 03:29 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:10 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:56 – 23:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:05 – 04:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:59 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:56 – 06:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 04:55 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 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:46 Taurus
- 06:46 – 08:59 Gemini
- 08:59 – 11:15 Cancer
- 11:15 – 13:26 Leo
- 13:26 – 15:36 Virgo
- 15:36 – 17:50 Libra
- 17:50 – 20:06 Scorpio
- 20:06 – 22:11 Sagittarius
- 22:11 – 23:58 Capricorn
- 23:58 – 01:32 next day Aquarius
- 01:32 – 03:03 next day Pisces
- 03:03 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 04:55 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