Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 12:37 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:47
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:47
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. 04:26 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 06:13 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 06:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:53 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:34 – 12:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:54 – 14:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:15 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 06:13 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