Kolkata panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 20:02 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:19
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:00 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:44
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:42 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:55 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:19
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) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:44 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:19 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:17 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 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 06:17 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