Kolkata panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 22:58 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 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:04
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:15 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:59
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:52 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:30 – 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. 04:35 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 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
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 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)
- 04:35 – 05:59 Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 07:46 Capricorn
- 07:46 – 09:19 Aquarius
- 09:19 – 10:51 Pisces
- 10:51 – 12:31 Aries
- 12:31 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 18:59 Cancer
- 18:59 – 21:10 Leo
- 21:10 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:50 next day Scorpio
- 03:50 – 05:55 next day Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 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