Kolkata panchang, 4 January 2030
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 06:14 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:43
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:19 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:02 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:19
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:53
- Karana Naga until 08:19, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:19 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:02 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:53 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:43
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:19 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:02 | Good |
| Rog | 13:02 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Char | 15:43 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:43 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:02 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:58 Scorpio
- 04:58 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:55 Pisces
- 11:55 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
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