Kolkata panchang, 26 February 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 04:46 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:16
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:37 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:08
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 02:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:08, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:50 – 16:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:23 – 06:00 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:37 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:21 Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:17 Gemini
- 14:17 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:00 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