Kolkata panchang, 24 October 2029
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 18:13 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:46
- 06:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:03 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:04
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:37
- Karana Taitila until 06:47, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:37 – 11:32 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:46
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 10:53
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. 03:57 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:53 – 05:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:53 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:46 | Good |
| Char | 21:46 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:11 Virgo
- 05:11 – 07:25 Libra
- 07:25 – 09:41 Scorpio
- 09:41 – 11:46 Sagittarius
- 11:46 – 13:33 Capricorn
- 13:33 – 15:07 Aquarius
- 15:07 – 16:38 Pisces
- 16:38 – 18:18 Aries
- 18:18 – 20:17 Taurus
- 20:17 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:46 next day Cancer
- 00:46 – 02:57 next day Leo
- 02:57 – 05:07 next day Virgo
- 05:07 – 05:38 next day Libra
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