Kolkata panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 10:15 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 17:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 14:23 – 15:44
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:44 – 17:05
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:05 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:32
- Karana Kaulava until 09:09, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:44 – 17:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:50 – 15:27 next day
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:02 – 14:23 | Good |
| Rog | 14:23 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:44 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:44 – 20:23 | Good |
| Char | 20:23 – 22:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:02 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:19 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 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:19 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