Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 22:38 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 16:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 12:55 – 14:15
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:21 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:15
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 12:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:55 – 14:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:15 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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