Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2029
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 14:09 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 16:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:45
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 21:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 20:23
- Karana Bava until 08:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:45
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. 04:24 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:32 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:54 | Good |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 06:11 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