Kolkata panchang, 15 December 2029
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 12:52 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 16:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:12
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:40 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:42 Moon enters Aries
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:35
- Karana Gara until 16:40, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:42 Moon enters Aries
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:12
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:35 – 07:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:09 – 17:42
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. 04:23 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 17:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:11 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Char | 11:31 – 12:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:52 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:10 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