Kolkata panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 21:39 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 17:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:16
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 08:54
- Karana Kaulava until 15:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:59
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:54 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:08 – 06:07 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:49 – 20:06
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 – 05:17
- 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 17:33 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:33 | Good |
| Char | 17:33 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:41 Aries
- 10:41 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 19:20 Leo
- 19:20 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:00 next day Scorpio
- 02:00 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 06:07 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