Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 23:56 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:54 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:46
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:55 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:05 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:56
- Karana Balava until 14:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:46
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. 04:25 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Char | 12:54 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:55 | Good |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:54 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 06:12 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