Kolkata panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 21:19 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 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:30
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:14 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:16 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:51 – 06:19 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) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:07 Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 09:27 Aquarius
- 09:27 – 10:58 Pisces
- 10:58 – 12:39 Aries
- 12:39 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 21:18 Leo
- 21:18 – 23:28 Virgo
- 23:28 – 01:42 next day Libra
- 01:42 – 03:58 next day Scorpio
- 03:58 – 06:03 next day Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 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