Kolkata panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 05:19 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 16:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 14:11 – 15:31
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:51
- Karana Shakuni until 06:24, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:51 – 20:51
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. 04:21 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:11 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:31 – 20:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:50 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:08 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