Kolkata panchang, 5 December 2029
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 05:31 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 12:47
- 10:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:51 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
16:50 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:22
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:51 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:55
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:03, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:51 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:47
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. 04:17 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:03 – 15:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 15:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Char | 14:08 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:40 Libra
- 04:40 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:04 next day Scorpio
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