Kolkata panchang, 3 February 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 09:27 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:11
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:25 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:16 Moon enters Aries
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:53
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:02 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:16 Moon enters Aries
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:11
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. 04:32 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:04 Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 06:51 Capricorn
- 06:51 – 08:24 Aquarius
- 08:24 – 09:56 Pisces
- 09:56 – 11:36 Aries
- 11:36 – 13:35 Taurus
- 13:35 – 15:48 Gemini
- 15:48 – 18:04 Cancer
- 18:04 – 20:15 Leo
- 20:15 – 22:25 Virgo
- 22:25 – 00:39 next day Libra
- 00:39 – 02:55 next day Scorpio
- 02:55 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
- 05:00 – 06:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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