Kolkata panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 00:19 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 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:09
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:35 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:58
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:59
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:09
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:54 – 06:04 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. 04:25 – 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 17:35 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:04 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