Kolkata panchang, 22 December 2027
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 00:55 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 16:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 12:55
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:41
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:09 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:28
- Karana Vanija until 12:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:55
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:28 – 15:52
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. 04:27 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:36 – 16:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:55 | Good |
| Char | 21:55 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:40 Gemini
- 18:40 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 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