Kolkata panchang, 8 December 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 12:43 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 12:48
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:51 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:57
- Karana Taitila until 14:30, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:57 – 06:34 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:13 – 06:05 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. 04:19 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:30 Libra
- 04:30 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
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