Kolkata panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 10:47 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:14
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:26 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:14
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 20:33
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:33 – 06:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:33 – 06:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:33 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:56 Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 06:43 Capricorn
- 06:43 – 08:17 Aquarius
- 08:17 – 09:48 Pisces
- 09:48 – 11:28 Aries
- 11:28 – 13:27 Taurus
- 13:27 – 15:40 Gemini
- 15:40 – 17:56 Cancer
- 17:56 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 22:17 Virgo
- 22:17 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 06:14 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