Kolkata panchang, 18 March 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 21:16 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 17:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:15
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:45 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:43
- Karana Bava until 08:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 05:42 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