Kolkata panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 10:48 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 16:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:45
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:45
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- 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 06:11 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:32 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:54 | Good |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 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