Kolkata panchang, 3 March 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 08:02 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:39 Moon enters Aries
- 07:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:40 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:02
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 08:57
- Karana Vanija until 07:31, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:39 Moon enters Aries
- 07:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
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. 04:18 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 06:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:29 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:01 Capricorn
- 05:01 – 06:34 Aquarius
- 06:34 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:35 Virgo
- 20:35 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:05 next day Scorpio
- 01:05 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 05:56 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