Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2029
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 16:30 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:47
- 15:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 04:16 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:24 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 22:01
- Karana Vishti until 15:26, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:47
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 06:13 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:16 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:09 – 19:23
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. 04:26 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 04:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:32 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:53 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:34 – 12:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:54 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 06:13 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