Kolkata panchang, 27 December 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 02:51 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 16:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 14:18 – 15:39
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:27 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:37
- Karana Kaulava until 13:40, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:37 – 00:37 next day
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) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 12:58 | Good |
| Rog | 12:58 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:18 – 21:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:58 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:16 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