Kolkata panchang, 29 December 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 19:07 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 17:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 14:19 – 15:39
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:00 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:28 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:28 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 03:09 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 06:16 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. 04:30 – 05:23
- 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 17:00 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 12:58 | Good |
| Rog | 12:58 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:19 – 21:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:58 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 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