Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 10:07 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 16:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 11:32 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:54
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:24 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 21:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:53 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
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