Kolkata panchang, 23 December 2027
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 01:54 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:13 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta 14:05 – 14:48
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
16:56 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:12
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:17 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:43
- Karana Bava until 11:23, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:05 – 14:48
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 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 – 19:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:13 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:16 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:36 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:36 – 20:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 06:14 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