Kolkata panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 15:47 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 16:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:12
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
16:53 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:54 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:26
- Karana Gara until 06:18, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:12
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. 04:23 – 05:16
- 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 16:53 – 19:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 03:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 16:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:10 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Char | 11:31 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:32 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:51 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 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