Kolkata panchang, 12 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 15:32 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 17:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:10
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:10 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:34
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 11:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 09:09
- Karana Taitila until 06:34, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:10
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:24 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 15:01 Taurus
- 15:01 – 17:14 Gemini
- 17:14 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 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