Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 14:15 – 15:35
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:25 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:11, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:35
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. 04:26 – 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 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Char | 08:53 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 06:13 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