Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 18:53 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 16:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:13 – 15:33
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:44 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 21:10
- Karana Gara until 10:56, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06 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. 04:24 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:56 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:11 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:32 – 12:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:53 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:08 Scorpio
- 06:08 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:04 next day Scorpio
- 06:04 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
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