Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 21:47 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:35
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 03:47 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. 04:26 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 06:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 06:13 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:35 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:13 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