Kolkata panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 01:32 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:30
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
16:51 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:30
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. 04:19 – 05:12
- 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 16:51 – 19:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:09 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:49 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:28 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:30 Libra
- 04:30 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 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