Kolkata panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 15:24 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:15 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:49
Night
16:57 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 04:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:49
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. 04:28 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 21:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:39 – 06:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:17 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:57 | Good |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:56 – 23:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:05 Aquarius
- 11:05 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 06:15 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