Kolkata panchang, 23 January 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 00:40 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 17:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:06
Night
17:17 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:32 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:06 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:38
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 05:06 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:32 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:06 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 07:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:06
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) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:38 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:55 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:18 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 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:34 Capricorn
- 07:34 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 12:19 Aries
- 12:19 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:31 Gemini
- 16:31 – 18:47 Cancer
- 18:47 – 20:58 Leo
- 20:58 – 23:08 Virgo
- 23:08 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:38 next day Scorpio
- 03:38 – 05:43 next day Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 06:18 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