Kolkata panchang, 26 December 2029
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 22:03 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 12:57
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:25
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 16:40
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 12:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:29 – 16:52 next day
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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:56 – 06:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:57 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 16:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:57 | Good |
| Char | 21:57 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:33 Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 06:15 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