Kolkata panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 14:08 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 16:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Rahu Kalam 12:50 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta 14:00 – 14:43
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:22
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:00 – 14:43
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. 04:22 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 09:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Char | 10:09 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 12:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:50 – 14:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:11 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:32 – 20:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:51 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 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