Kolkata panchang, 4 December 2023
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 23:03 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:40
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:50 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:46
- Karana Vishti until 08:42, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:35 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:46 – 22:58
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 – 11:48
- 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 06:02 – 00:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:26 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:46 Libra
- 04:46 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 06:03 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