Kolkata panchang, 19 December 2023
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 11:26 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:14 – 15:34
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:54 to 06:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:37
- Karana Vanija until 13:07, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:07 – 18:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 00:09 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 00:02 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. 04:25 – 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 – 19:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:07 – 06:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:02 – 06:12 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:02 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:11 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 12:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:53 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:34 | Good |
| Rog | 15:34 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:32 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 06:12 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