Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 06:39 Pausha 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam 14:20 – 15:41
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:59
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:42, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:59 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:03 – 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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:00 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:20 – 15:41 | Good |
| Rog | 15:41 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:20 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:00 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 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