Kolkata panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 07:31 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:00
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:02 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:06
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:00
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 06:18 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