Kolkata panchang, 9 December 2023
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 02:24 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:50
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:09
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:36
- Karana Balava until 06:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:09
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 02:00 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 10:43
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) 11:07 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:43 – 06:06 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:09 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:26 Libra
- 04:26 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:06 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