Kolkata panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 16:46 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 11:31 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 14:12 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:53
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:53
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) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:31 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:12 | Good |
| Char | 20:12 – 21:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:52 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 06:10 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 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:10 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