Kolkata panchang, 9 February 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 14:24 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:28
- 07:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:28 to 06:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:06
- Karana Bava until 07:48, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:28
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. 04:30 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:28 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:12 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:40 Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 08:01 Aquarius
- 08:01 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:13 Aries
- 11:13 – 13:11 Taurus
- 13:11 – 15:24 Gemini
- 15:24 – 17:40 Cancer
- 17:40 – 19:51 Leo
- 19:51 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 00:16 next day Libra
- 00:16 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:12 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