Kolkata panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 19:55 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:53
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:54 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:25 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 16:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:53 | Good |
| Char | 21:53 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:12 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 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 06:12 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