Kolkata panchang, 3 December 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 22:12 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:08 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:50
- 06:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:50 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:35 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 06:17, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:35 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:27 – 21:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:55 – 21:46 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:35 – 08:42 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. 04:16 – 05:09
- 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 06:01 – 13:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:35 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:08 | Good |
| Rog | 14:08 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:29 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 21:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 06:02 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 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 06:02 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