Kolkata panchang, 25 January 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 16:59 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:06
- 07:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:18 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:24 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 23:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 07:31
- Karana Vishti until 10:34, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:24 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:46 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:06
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. 04:34 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 08:16
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 08:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 08:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 23:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:16 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:16 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:42 Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 07:29 Capricorn
- 07:29 – 09:03 Aquarius
- 09:03 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:13 Taurus
- 14:13 – 16:26 Gemini
- 16:26 – 18:42 Cancer
- 18:42 – 20:53 Leo
- 20:53 – 23:03 Virgo
- 23:03 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:38 next day Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
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