Kolkata panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 08:18 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 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:54
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:03 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 14:57
- Karana Taitila until 13:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:57 – 16:09
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:10 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:01 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:42 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:42 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:01 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 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
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:12 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)
- 04:31 – 05:05 Scorpio
- 05:05 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:30 Aquarius
- 10:30 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:42 Aries
- 13:42 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:09 Cancer
- 20:09 – 22:21 Leo
- 22:21 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 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