Kolkata panchang, 25 April 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 19:22 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:25
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:59 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 04:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:04 – 04:52 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:25
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. 03:39 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:23 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:21 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:57 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:36 Pisces
- 04:36 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:44 Cancer
- 12:44 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:20 Libra
- 19:20 – 21:35 Scorpio
- 21:35 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:32 next day Pisces
- 04:32 – 05:08 next day Aries
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