Kolkata panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 01:57 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam 12:57 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:07 – 14:50
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:23
- Karana Bava until 11:40, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:07 – 14:50
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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:37 – 12:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:57 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:38 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:38 – 20:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:57 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:37 Cancer
- 20:37 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 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