Kolkata panchang, 29 December 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 04:45 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:19 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:34 – 16:17
- Rahu Kalam 15:40 – 17:00
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:00 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 21:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:34 – 16:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:00
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 23:22
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) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:22 – 06:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:22 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:19 | Good |
| Rog | 14:19 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:19 | Good |
| Char | 20:19 – 21:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:59 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:17 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 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:46 Aquarius
- 10:46 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 06:17 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