Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 12:02 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:54
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
16:55 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:12 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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 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