Kolkata panchang, 28 December 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 03:47 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 12:58 – 14:19
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:00 to 06:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 22:23
- Karana Gara until 15:04, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:23 – 00:47 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. 04:30 – 05:23
- 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 17:00 – 19:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:33 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 12:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:58 – 14:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:19 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:58 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 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