Kolkata panchang, 15 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 18:38 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 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:07
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:17 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 01:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:17, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:07
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 03:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 09:39 Aquarius
- 09:39 – 11:10 Pisces
- 11:10 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:30 Leo
- 21:30 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 04:10 next day Scorpio
- 04:10 – 06:15 next day Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
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