Kolkata panchang, 7 December 2023
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 00:42 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta 13:58 – 14:41
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:50 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:06 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:59
- Karana Vanija until 16:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:58 – 14:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:04 – 06:28
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. 04:18 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- 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 06:04 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 12:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:48 – 14:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:09 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:30 – 20:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:28 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:34 Libra
- 04:34 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:05 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