Kolkata panchang, 30 December 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 05:43 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:09 – 14:52
- 16:03 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 03:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:32
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:03, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:09 – 14:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:57 – 06:17 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) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:20 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:01 | Good |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:20 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 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