Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 20:55 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 16:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:33
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:34
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 06:11
- Karana Balava until 10:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:11 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:11 – 02:47 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 03:59 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 07:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:07 – 05:11 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 06:11 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. 04:24 – 05:17
- 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 16:54 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:10 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:53 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:11 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