Kolkata panchang, 18 July 2029
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 11:25 Ashadha 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 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 05:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 08:14
- Karana Vanija until 08:53, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
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. 03:37 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 05:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:03 – 08:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:39 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:03 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 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:59 Gemini
- 04:59 – 07:15 Cancer
- 07:15 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 13:51 Libra
- 13:51 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 02:42 next day Taurus
- 02:42 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 05:03 next day Cancer
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