Kolkata panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 06:11 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:12
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:21 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:54, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:21 – 18:33 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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:21 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:24 Sagittarius
- 05:24 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 08:44 Aquarius
- 08:44 – 10:15 Pisces
- 10:15 – 11:56 Aries
- 11:56 – 13:54 Taurus
- 13:54 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 18:23 Cancer
- 18:23 – 20:34 Leo
- 20:34 – 22:45 Virgo
- 22:45 – 00:59 next day Libra
- 00:59 – 03:15 next day Scorpio
- 03:15 – 05:20 next day Sagittarius
- 05:20 – 06:17 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