Kolkata panchang, 5 January 2030
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 07:05 Pausha 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 17:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:02 – 14:23
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:05 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:55
- Karana Balava until 17:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:21 – 05:33 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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:09 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:02 – 14:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:23 – 15:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:44 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:23 – 22:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:02 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:18 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:54 Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:51 Pisces
- 11:51 – 13:31 Aries
- 13:31 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 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