Kolkata panchang, 5 March 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 09:30 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:16
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:40 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:06 – 23:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:07 – 00:19 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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 01:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 01:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 01:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:51 – 05:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:08 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:53 Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:58 Pisces
- 07:58 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 04:49 next day Capricorn
- 04:49 – 05:54 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