Kolkata panchang, 31 January 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 07:36 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 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:59
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:32 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:23 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:59
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 04:14 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:32
- Karana Kaulava until 13:59, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:32 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:32 – 01:58 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. 04:33 – 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 17:23 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:14 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:16 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 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:16 Sagittarius
- 05:16 – 07:03 Capricorn
- 07:03 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:07 Pisces
- 10:07 – 11:48 Aries
- 11:48 – 13:46 Taurus
- 13:46 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 20:27 Leo
- 20:27 – 22:37 Virgo
- 22:37 – 00:51 next day Libra
- 00:51 – 03:07 next day Scorpio
- 03:07 – 05:12 next day Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:16 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