Kolkata panchang, 7 December 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:01 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:09
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
16:51 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:06
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:42
- Karana Taitila until 11:06, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:09
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. 04:19 – 05:12
- 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 16:51 – 19:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 16:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 12:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:48 – 14:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:09 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:31 Libra
- 04:31 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 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