Kolkata panchang, 25 January 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 02:31 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 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:34
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:19 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:37 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 08:13 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 – 05:26
- 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 17:19 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:39 Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 07:26 Capricorn
- 07:26 – 09:00 Aquarius
- 09:00 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:39 Cancer
- 18:39 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 23:00 Virgo
- 23:00 – 01:15 next day Libra
- 01:15 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:36 next day Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 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