Kolkata panchang, 26 January 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 03:29 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:57 – 17:19
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:19 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:33 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:57 – 17:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 08:26
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) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:26 – 06:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:26 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:57 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:19 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 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 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:36 Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 07:22 Capricorn
- 07:22 – 08:56 Aquarius
- 08:56 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 12:08 Aries
- 12:08 – 14:06 Taurus
- 14:06 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 18:35 Cancer
- 18:35 – 20:46 Leo
- 20:46 – 22:56 Virgo
- 22:56 – 01:11 next day Libra
- 01:11 – 03:26 next day Scorpio
- 03:26 – 05:32 next day Sagittarius
- 05:32 – 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