Kolkata panchang, 9 January 2030
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 09:42 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:04
- 14:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 23:25
- Karana Kaulava until 16:00, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:04
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:25 – 11:29 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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:40 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:38 Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 06:19 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