Kolkata panchang, 20 February 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:34 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:17
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:34 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:33
- Karana Bava until 09:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:33 – 15:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:17
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. 04:25 – 05:15
- 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 17:34 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:30 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:32 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 10:29 Aries
- 10:29 – 12:28 Taurus
- 12:28 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 16:57 Cancer
- 16:57 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:48 next day Scorpio
- 01:48 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:05 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