Kolkata panchang, 7 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:26 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:24 – 15:45
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:27
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:50 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 23:15
- Karana Bava until 16:27, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:45
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 16:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:50 – 06:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:50 – 06:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:50 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:03 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:24 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:24 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:03 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:45 Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 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