Kolkata panchang, 25 February 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 18:23 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:36
- 07:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:36 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:24 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:28
- Karana Balava until 07:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:36
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:24 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:27 Capricorn
- 05:27 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:32 Pisces
- 08:32 – 10:13 Aries
- 10:13 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:40 Cancer
- 16:40 – 18:51 Leo
- 18:51 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:31 next day Scorpio
- 01:31 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:01 next day Aquarius
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