Kolkata panchang, 2 December 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 06:56 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:40
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
16:50 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:43
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:00
- Karana Bava until 12:43, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:40
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:00 – 18:00
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. 04:16 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:25 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:51 Libra
- 04:51 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
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