Kolkata panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 01:06 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 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 12:57
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 12:57
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. 04:28 – 05:21
- 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 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:57 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 16:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:57 | Good |
| Char | 21:57 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 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
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 04:02 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)
- 04:28 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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