Kolkata panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 20:49 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:32
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:32 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:31 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:05 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:32
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:16 – 04:31 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. 04:27 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:08 – 02:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 04:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 06:00 Capricorn
- 06:00 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:43 Taurus
- 12:43 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 19:24 Leo
- 19:24 – 21:34 Virgo
- 21:34 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:56 next day Capricorn
- 05:56 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
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