Kolkata panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:15 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta 14:05 – 14:48
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:54
- Karana Kaulava until 17:08, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:05 – 14:48
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:16 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 16:57 | Good |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:16 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:56 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:14 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:36 Capricorn
- 09:36 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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