Kolkata panchang, 24 December 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 00:17 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 08:55 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:37
- 06:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
16:57 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:17 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:53
- Karana Taitila until 06:30, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:53 – 23:17
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. 04:28 – 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 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:14 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Char | 08:55 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 12:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:56 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:17 – 15:37 | Good |
| Rog | 15:37 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:56 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:56 Leo
- 22:56 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 06:15 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