Kolkata panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 18:11 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 16:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:16 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 12:58 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:50
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:16 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:37 – 12:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:58 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:39 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:39 – 20:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:58 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:38 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:27 Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 06:16 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