Kolkata panchang, 2 December 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 21:18 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:01 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Yamaganda 12:46 – 14:07
Night
16:50 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:14
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 20:18
- Karana Taitila until 17:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:46 – 14:07
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 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:54 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:01 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Char | 11:25 – 12:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:46 – 14:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:07 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:26 | Good |
| Char | 23:26 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:45 Taurus
- 17:45 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 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