Kolkata panchang, 1 December 2023
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 20:23 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 16:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:03 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 14:07 – 15:28
- 10:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
16:50 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:31
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:02
- Karana Balava until 15:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:01 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. 04:15 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:03 – 11:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 16:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 12:46 | Good |
| Rog | 12:46 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:46 – 23:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:25 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:58 Libra
- 04:58 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
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