Kolkata panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 13:27 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 16:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:50
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 14:28, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 11:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:50
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 05:05 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 11:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:48 – 06:08 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. 04:21 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 11:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:09 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:50 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:50 | Good |
| Char | 21:50 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:08 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