Kolkata panchang, 16 December 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 19:50 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 16:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:44
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:42
- Karana Vishti until 13:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:45 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:44
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. 04:23 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 09:13
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 09:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:13 – 06:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:13 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Char | 10:11 – 11:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:31 – 12:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:52 – 14:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:12 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:12 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:10 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