Kolkata panchang, 24 December 2027
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 02:53 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 14:16 – 15:37
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:50 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:17
- Karana Kaulava until 11:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:37
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:16 – 21:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:56 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:36 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:43 Scorpio
- 05:43 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 05:39 next day Scorpio
- 05:39 – 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