Kolkata panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 09:36 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:58 – 14:41
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:50 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:27
- Karana Vishti until 12:49, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:58 – 14:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:05 – 00:08 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. 04:17 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 17:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:49 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 12:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:48 – 14:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:08 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:29 – 20:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:39 Libra
- 04:39 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:04 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