Kolkata panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 20:24 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 06:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:45 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:33
- Nakshatra Chitra until 14:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:45
- Karana Vanija until 06:15, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:45 – 19:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:44 – 14:47
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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:39 Aquarius
- 05:39 – 07:10 Pisces
- 07:10 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:35 next day Aquarius
- 05:35 – 05:43 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