Kolkata panchang, 15 March 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 18:43 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:45
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:44 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:33
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 13:59
- Karana Kaulava until 14:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:46 – 08:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:04 – 09:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:54 – 05:45 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. 04:10 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:14 Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:47 Aquarius
- 05:47 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 00:18 next day Scorpio
- 00:18 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
- 05:43 – 05:45 next day Pisces
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