Kolkata panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 12:14 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 16:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:49 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:42
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:03
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:05 – 22:02 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. 04:20 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:50
- 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 14:56 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Char | 12:49 – 14:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:10 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 16:51 | Good |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:31 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:49 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:23 Libra
- 04:23 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:06 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