Kolkata panchang, 24 January 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 01:34 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:56
- 06:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:18 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:07 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:08 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:36, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:56
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 – 05:26
- 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 17:18 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:25 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:43 Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 07:30 Capricorn
- 07:30 – 09:04 Aquarius
- 09:04 – 10:35 Pisces
- 10:35 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:27 Gemini
- 16:27 – 18:43 Cancer
- 18:43 – 20:54 Leo
- 20:54 – 23:04 Virgo
- 23:04 – 01:18 next day Libra
- 01:18 – 03:34 next day Scorpio
- 03:34 – 05:39 next day Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 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