Kolkata panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 23:28 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta 15:31 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam 15:36 – 16:56
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:56 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:32
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:00
- Karana Bava until 14:32, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:31 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:56
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. 04:27 – 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 – 19:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 06:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:15 | Good |
| Rog | 14:15 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:36 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:16 | Good |
| Char | 20:16 – 21:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:55 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:14 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 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 06:14 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