Kolkata panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 07:27 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 16:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:44
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:52 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 13:24
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:44
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. 04:22 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 12:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:51 – 14:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:11 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:32 – 20:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:12 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:51 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:09 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