Kolkata panchang, 5 December 2023
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 23:53 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 16:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 14:08 – 15:29
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:50 to 06:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:41
- Karana Balava until 11:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:29
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. 04:17 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 00:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Char | 08:45 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:26 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:08 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:29 – 20:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:48 – 23:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:42 Libra
- 04:42 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 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