Kolkata panchang, 13 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 16:35 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:00
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:10 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:56 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 06:44
- Karana Vishti until 16:26, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:44 – 04:38 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:38 – 05:50 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:07
- 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 06:19 – 10:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:10 | Good |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:27 Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 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