Kolkata panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 16:11 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:15
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:43 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:00
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 04:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:26 Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:48 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