Kolkata panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 16:17 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:38
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 03:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:38
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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 12:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:57 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:17 – 15:38 | Good |
| Rog | 15:38 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:57 – 23:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:37 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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