Kolkata panchang, 6 December 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 10:21 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 16:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:30
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:50 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:07 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:08
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:42
- Karana Balava until 12:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 12:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:07 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:42 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:30
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. 04:18 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 17:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:08 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:18 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:09 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:48 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:27 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:35 Libra
- 04:35 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:05 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