Kolkata panchang, 20 July 2029
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:32 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:41
- 15:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:51 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 23:39
- Karana Taitila until 15:16, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:10 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:52 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:54 – 07:50
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:21 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:04 – 05:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:13 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:04 – 06:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:51 Gemini
- 04:51 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 09:18 Leo
- 09:18 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:43 Libra
- 13:43 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 18:04 Sagittarius
- 18:04 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:24 Aquarius
- 21:24 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 00:36 next day Aries
- 00:36 – 02:34 next day Taurus
- 02:34 – 04:47 next day Gemini
- 04:47 – 05:04 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