Kolkata panchang, 13 December 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 14:54 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:32
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:19 Moon enters Taurus
Night
16:52 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:40
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 11:53
- Karana Kaulava until 09:03, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:19 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:32
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) 11:09 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:50 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:11 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:32 – 20:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:11 – 21:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:51 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:31 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:10 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:09 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