Kolkata panchang, 30 January 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 06:56 Magha 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 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:09
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:22 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:15 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:33
- Karana Bava until 16:11, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:09
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. 04:33 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:20 Sagittarius
- 05:20 – 07:07 Capricorn
- 07:07 – 08:40 Aquarius
- 08:40 – 10:11 Pisces
- 10:11 – 11:52 Aries
- 11:52 – 13:50 Taurus
- 13:50 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 20:31 Leo
- 20:31 – 22:41 Virgo
- 22:41 – 00:55 next day Libra
- 00:55 – 03:11 next day Scorpio
- 03:11 – 05:16 next day Sagittarius
- 05:16 – 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