Kolkata panchang, 24 February 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 03:07 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:18
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:36 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:45
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:05
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:05 – 08:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 18:59
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:59 – 06:02 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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:52 Leo
- 18:52 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:17 Libra
- 23:17 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:02 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